Car Problem DataNHTSA records

1999 Thomas School Bus

Routine

Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the electrical system › alternator/generator/regulator. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Engine and Engine Cooling › Cooling System1
008
Engine and Engine Cooling1
000
Electrical System › Alternator/Generator/Regulator1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Engine and Engine Cooling › Cooling System8 injured
Filed Sep 28, 200458,335 milesNJ

THE SCHOOL BUS LEAKED ANTIFREEZE AND FUMES SEEPED OUT INTO THE SCHOOL BUS. *JB MANUFACTURES DEFECT, ANTIFREEZE VAPORS INSIDE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. PUMP TO POWERFUL OMITS ANTIFREEZE VAPORS. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT DRIVERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE GETTING PERMINENT LUNG DAMAGE FROM THE FUMES. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT SHE HAS BEEN SICK EVER SINCE THE BUS WAS ASSIGNED. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE HEATER PUMP IS TO LARGE IN THE BUSES HOSES HELD ON WITH TINY CLAMS. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE EMPLOYER REFUSED TO GIVE HER THE VIN NUMBER. *TC

Engine and Engine Cooling
Filed Mar 23, 2004GA

WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH VEHICLE SHUT OFF. THIS RESULTED IN LOSS OF STEERING CAPABILITY AND POWER BRAKING. AFTER BEING SERVICED TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

Electrical System › Alternator/Generator/Regulator
Filed Jan 11, 2002MI

ALTERNATOR IS CLOSE TO OIL FILTER. LOWER BRACKET FELL WHERE ALTERNATOR IS LOCATED TOUCHING OIL FILTER. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1998
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20112000Routine
20102000Routine
20093010Routine
20041110Routine
20022000Routine
1999 — this page3000Routine
19985000Routine
19971010Routine
19962200Routine
19950200Routine
19940400Routine
19930400Routine
199201000Routine
199101100Routine
199001200Routine

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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.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.