2026 Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner Hdx

Routine

No owner complaints are on file for this vehicle. It has been recalled 3 times.

3 safety recalls

Part 573 reports
Engine and Engine Cooling › Cooling System › Hoses/Lines/Piping/Fittings26V087000
Filed Feb 13, 202652 vehiclesDaimler Trucks North America, Llc

Defect. Daimler Trucks North America, LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain Thomas Built Buses 2023-2025 Saf-T-Liner EFX and 2023-2026 Saf-T-Liner HDX vehicles. The heater hose clamps may not have been tightened properly, causing the hose to disconnect and leak heating coolant inside the passenger compartment.

Risk. Contact with hot heating coolant may burn occupants, increasing the risk of injury.

Remedy. Dealers will inspect and replace the heater hose clamps, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 10, 2026. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-547-0712. DTNA's number for this recall is F1030.

Engine and Engine Cooling › Cooling System › Hoses/Lines/Piping/Fittings26V086000
Filed Feb 13, 20262,843 vehiclesDaimler Trucks North America, Llc

Defect. Daimler Trucks North America, LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain Thomas Built Buses 2023-2026 Saf-T-Liner EFX and Saf-T-Liner HDX school buses. The heater hose clamps may not have been tightened properly, causing the hose to disconnect and leak heating coolant inside the passenger compartment.

Risk. Contact with hot heating coolant may burn occupants, increasing the risk of injury.

Remedy. Dealers will inspect and replace the heater hose clamps, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 10, 2026. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-547-0712. DTNA's number for this recall is F1030.

Equipment Adaptive/Mobility › Wheelchair Restraints/Securement › Latch/Anchor25V849000
Filed Dec 9, 2025600 vehiclesDaimler Trucks North America, Llc

Defect. Daimler Trucks North America, LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2025 Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner EFX, 2025-2027 Thomas Built Buses Minotour DRW, 2026 Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner C2 Jouley, Thomas Built Buses HDX, and 2026-2027 Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner C2 school buses equipped with certain QRT-Deluxe and QRT-Max wheelchair restraints. The wheel chair restraint retractor may not lock, preventing the wheelchair from being properly secured.

Risk. An unsecured wheelchair can move during transit, increasing the risk of injury.

Remedy. Dealers will inspect and replace the retractors, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed February 5, 2026. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-547-0712. DTNA's number for this recall is F1028.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2004
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
2026 — this page0300Routine
20250300Routine
20240200Routine
20230800Routine
202201100Routine
202101600Routine
202001800Routine
201912110Routine
201802600Routine
201703200Routine
201602900Routine
201503100Routine
201403000Routine
201302300Routine
201201900Routine
201102300Routine
201001600Routine
200911400Routine
200801400Routine
200701000Routine
20061900Routine
20050500Routine
20042500Routine
20030500Routine
20020100Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.

Most recent recall on file: Feb 13, 2026. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.