Thomas Saf-T-Liner

Owners filed 5 complaints across 12 model years of the Thomas Saf-T-Liner. The 2002 drew the most (2).

Model years12
Complaints5
Recalls67
Fires0
Deaths0

Which Thomas Saf-T-Liner years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Thomas Saf-T-Liner 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 Saf-T-Liner model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
20022
0—1Air BagsRoutine
20011
2——Service Brakes, Air › Drum › ChamberRoutine
20000
1———Routine
19981
0——Steering › Hydraulic Power Assist SystemRoutine
19970
3———Routine
19960
10———Routine
19951
11——Structure › Frame and MembersRoutine
19940
13———Routine
19930
10———Routine
19920
7———Routine
19910
5———Routine
19900
5———Routine

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