NHTSA campaign 09V287000 · Manufacturer campaign FL-555
Thomas Built Buses Recall 09V-287: EMERGENCT EXIT PUSH-OUT WINDOWS
- Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation
NHTSA recall 09V287000 (Manufacturer campaign FL-555) was reported by DAIMLER TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA on July 23, 2009, with 35 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Thomas Built Buses HDX and Thomas Built Buses MVP-EF for the 2010 model year. Owners were notified on November 5, 2009, per NHTSA.
Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files
Is my vehicle included?
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Key facts
- NHTSA campaign
- 09V287000 (also written 09V-287 or 09V287)
- Filed by
- DAIMLER TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA
- Manufacturer campaign number
- FL-555
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 35 vehicles (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Structure
- Owners notified
- NHTSA investigation
- Preliminary Evaluation PE09-023 (per NHTSA's investigations file)
Vehicles listed for this recall
NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 09V287000. 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 Built Buses
Thomas Built Buses HDX
- 2010 · Vehicles built October 22, 2008 – March 25, 2009 (per NHTSA)
Thomas Built Buses MVP-EF
- 2010 · Vehicles built October 22, 2008 – March 25, 2009 (per NHTSA)
NHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 09V287000.
Defect description
DAIMLER TRUCKS IS RECALLING 35 MODEL YEAR 2010 MVP-EF AND HDX THOMAS BUILT TRANSIT BUSES MANUFACTURED FROM OCTOBER 22, 2008 THROUGH MARCH 25, 2009 THE EMERGENCY EXIT PUSH-OUT WINDOW MAY BE INSTALLED IMPROPERLY RESULTING IN BINDING OF THE WINDOW.
Safety consequence
IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION, BINDING EMERGENCY EXIT WINDOWS MAY DELAY EVACUATION AND MAY INCREASE THE RISK OF PERSONAL INJURY TO THE VEHICLE OCCUPANTS.
Manufacturer remedy
DAIMLER TRUCKS WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND REPAIR THE BUSES FREE OF CHARGE. REPAIRS WILL BE PERFORMED BY DAIMLER TRUCKS DEALERSHIPS. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON NOVEMBER 5, 2009. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DAIMLER TRUCKS TOLL-FREE AT 1-800-547-0712 OR THOMAS BUILT CUSTOMER SUPPORT OFFICE AT 1-336-889-4871.
Notes
DAIMLER TRUCKS RECALL CAMPAIGN NO. FL-555.OWNERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), OR GO TO <A HREF=HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV>HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV</A> .
Sources
Official NHTSA notice for recall 09V287000
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.