NHTSA campaign 07V544000 · Manufacturer campaign FL-516

FREIGHTLINER LLC Recall 07V-544: AUTO RESET CIRCUIT BREAKERS

Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 07V544000 (Manufacturer campaign FL-516) was reported by FREIGHTLINER LLC on November 29, 2007, with 33,303 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Thomas Built Buses FS-65, Thomas Built Buses HDX, Thomas ER and more for model years 2001–2008. Owners were notified on March 28, 2008, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

Is my vehicle included?

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign: 07V544000 (also written 07V-544 or 07V544)
Filed by: FREIGHTLINER LLC
Manufacturer campaign number: FL-516
Report received: November 29, 2007
Potentially affected: 33,303 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Electrical System — Wiring — Fuses and Circuit Breakers
Owners notified: March 28, 2008
NHTSA investigation: Preliminary Evaluation PE07-029 (per NHTSA's investigations file)

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 07V544000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.

Thomas

Thomas ER
- 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 · Vehicles built October 23, 2000 – January 24, 2006 (per NHTSA)
Thomas MVP EF
- 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 · Vehicles built October 23, 2000 – January 24, 2006 (per NHTSA)
Thomas MVP ER
- 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 · Vehicles built October 23, 2000 – January 24, 2006 (per NHTSA)

All Thomas recalls

Thomas Built Buses

Thomas Built Buses FS-65
- 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 · Vehicles built October 23, 2000 – January 24, 2006 (per NHTSA)
Thomas Built Buses HDX
- 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 · Vehicles built October 23, 2000 – January 24, 2006 (per NHTSA)

All Thomas Built Buses recalls

NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 07V544000.

Defect description

CERTAIN 2001 THROUGH 2008 THOMAS BUILT FS-56, ER, MVP ER, HDX, AND MVP EF SCHOOL BUSES MANUFACTURED FROM OCTOBER 23, 2000, THROUGH JANUARY 24, 2006, EQUIPPED WITH TYCO PC BOARD AND TYPE II AUTO RESET CIRCUIT BREAKERS. TYPE II AUTO RESET CIRCUIT BREAKER TEMPERATURES MAY EXCEED THE RATING OF THE TYCO PC BOARD CAUSING THE BOARDS TO MELT POTENTIALLY RESULTING IN A VEHICLE FIRE.

Safety consequence

A VEHICLE FIRE CAN OCCUR POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A CRASH.

Manufacturer remedy

THOMAS BUILT WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND REPAIR THE BUSES BY REPLACING THE TYPE II AUTO RESET CIRCUIT BREAKERS WITH MANUAL CIRCUIT BREAKERS, AND THE JUMPER CABLE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON MARCH 28, 2008. OWNERS MAY CONTACT THOMAS BUILT CUSTOMER SUPPORT OFFICE AT 336-889-4871.

Notes

FREIGHTLINER RECALL NO. FL-516.CUSTOMERS MAY CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY: 1-800-424-9153); OR GO TO HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV.

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 07V544000

Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.