EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
Emergency exit labels that are difficult to read can prevent or delay the use of the emergency exit, increasing the risk of injury.
5 safety recall campaigns.
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Emergency exit labels that are difficult to read can prevent or delay the use of the emergency exit, increasing the risk of injury.
A loss of drive power can increase the risk of a crash.
An emergency exit door opening unexpectedly can increase the risk of an injury.
A school bus with insufficient joint strength may not adequately protect passengers in the event of a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
Unexpected engine shut down can increase the risk of a crash. Additionally, a disabled school bus may require an evacuation procedure in an uncontrolled traffic situation, increasing the risk of injury to passengers. A ground short circuit can increase the risk of a fire.
Two 2021 THOMAS BUILT BUSES SAF-T-LINER C2 JOULEYs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.