Car Problem DataNHTSA records

2010 Thomas School Bus

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the seats. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Service Brakes1
100
Seats1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Service BrakesCrash
Filed Mar 21, 201991,084 milesWA

I WAS DRIVING THOMAS REAR ENGINE HDX BUS WITH 38 PASSENGERS ON 3/19/20. MY LEFT FOOT ,STEEL TOE BOOT,WAS POSITIONED IN FRONT OF AND POSSIBLY UNDER BRAKE PEDAL AS I MOVED TO BE COMFORTABLE WHILE DRIVING. I APPROACHED A STOP LIGHT USING ENGINE BRAKE TO SLOW DOWN ON A 50MPH HWY NO INJURIES WHEN I TRIED TO APPLY FOOT BRAKE I COULDN'T FIND IT. ULTIMATELY REAR ENDED A 2007 GMC YUKON PLEASE SEE RECREATED PICTURE . I'M CONCERNED THIS COULD HAPPEN TO OTHERS IN MORE SERIOUS ACCIDENT. THOMAS HAS NOW CHANGED OPERATORS COMPARTMENT BUT THERE WERE ABOUT FIVE YEARS OF THIS BRAKE PEDAL HAZARD MY VIDEO MUST BE TOO LARGE TO SEND

Seats
Filed May 20, 201435,036 milesMI

ON THE SYNTEC SCHOOL BUS SEATS THE SHEET METAL BACKING IS BREAKING AWAY FROM THE TUBE FRAME. THE SHEET METAL IS BREAKING AROUND THE SPOT WELDS. THIS PARTICULAR BUS HAD 6 BROKEN SEATS. *TR

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1998
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20112000Routine
2010 — this page2000Routine
20093010Routine
20041110Routine
20022000Routine
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.