2011 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
Seats2
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Seats
Filed Aug 21, 201447,541 milesMI

BROKEN SEAT BACKS. 14 OUT OF 28 SEAT BACKS BROKEN. BUSSES DO NOT HAVE SEAT BELTS THIS IS THE SAFETY BARRIER FOR THE CHILDREN. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. THE SEAT MANUFACTURER IS DOING NOTHING TO CORRECT THE ISSUE. EVERY BUS WE PULL IN HAS MULTIPLE SEATS BROKEN. THIS IS ONLY A 4 YEAR OLD BUS!! *TR

Seats
Filed May 30, 201445,127 milesMI

SEAT BACKS BROKEN, SHEET METAL BACKING BREAKING AROUND THE SPOT WELDS WHERE IT IS SECURED TO THE TUBE FRAME. SYNTEC SEAT - MANUFACTURER. *TR

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1998
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
2011 — this page2000Routine
20102000Routine
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.