SEATS
The lack of impact absorption increases the risk of injury in the event of a crash.
20 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation, 2 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
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.
The lack of impact absorption increases the risk of injury in the event of a crash.
The dragging brakes may lead to high temperatures at the wheel end, increasing the risk of smoke and fire, possibly resulting in the bus having to be evacuated, which can increase the risk of injury.
If the wheelchair lift platform stops above the vehicle floor, the wheelchair user can tip inwards toward the vehicle when exiting the lift, increasing their risk of injury.
In the event of a crash, if the seat does not remain secured to the wall, the occupant has an increased risk of an injury.
In the event of a crash, if the seat does not remain secured to the wall, the occupant has an increased risk of an injury.
A propane leak in the presence of an ignition source can increase the risk of a fire.
Two 2015 THOMAS BUILT BUSES SAF-T-LINER C2s 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.