2002 Thomas School Bus

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the visibility › defroster/defogger/hvac system. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Visibility › Defroster/Defogger/Hvac System1
003
Service Brakes, Air1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Service Brakes, Air
Filed Jul 7, 2006OH

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE INSPECTING THE VEHICLE IT WAS DETERMINED THE LEFT FRONT AIR BRAKE CHAMBER MOUNT CAM ASSEMBLY FRACTURED. THIS OCCURRED ON TWO OCCASIONS. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND BOTH FRONT AIR BRAKE CHAMBER MOUNTS WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER OF THE AIR BRAKE CHAMBER IS EATON - ROCKWELL CORPORATION AND THIS WAS ORIGINAL MANUFACTURER EQUIPMENT.

Visibility › Defroster/Defogger/Hvac System3 injured
Filed Jun 4, 2002CA

WHERE HEATER HOSES PASS OVER REAR WHEEL WELL 3 STUDENTS RECEIVED BURNS WHEN THEY TOUCHED COVERING. *AK

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1998
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20112000Routine
20102000Routine
20093010Routine
20041110Routine
2002 — this page2000Routine
19993000Routine
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.