Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner HDX

Owners filed 5 complaints across 25 model years of the Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner HDX. The 2004 drew the most (2).

Model years25
Complaints5
Recalls374
Fires1
Deaths0

Which Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner HDX years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner HDX model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

Too new to judge: 2025 and 2026. Complaints take a few years to arrive, so a new model year looks better than it is.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner HDX model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
2026Too new0
3———Routine
2025Too new0
3———Routine
20240
2———Routine
20230
8———Routine
20220
11———Routine
20210
16———Routine
20200
18———Routine
20191
211—Electrical SystemRoutine
20180
26———Routine
20170
32———Routine
20160
29———Routine
20150
31———Routine
20140
30———Routine
20130
23———Routine
20120
19———Routine
20110
23———Routine
20100
16———Routine
20091
14——SteeringRoutine
20080
14———Routine
20070
10———Routine
20061
9——Service Brakes, AirRoutine
20050
5———Routine
20042
5——Service Brakes, AirRoutine
20030
5———Routine
20020
1———Routine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.