Thomas Bus

Owners filed 7 complaints across 9 model years of the Thomas Bus. The 2000 drew the most (3).

Model years9
Complaints7
Recalls21
Fires0
Deaths1

Which Thomas Bus years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Thomas Bus 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.

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 Bus model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
20021
0——Power Train › Driveline › DriveshaftRoutine
20012
0——Latches/Locks/Linkages › Doors › LatchRoutine
20003
0—1Seat Belts › Front › Buckle AssemblyFatalities reported
19981
0——Seat Belts › Front › AnchorageRoutine
19950
1———Routine
19940
2———Routine
19920
5———Routine
19910
6———Routine
19900
7———Routine

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