NHTSA campaign 09V461000 · Manufacturer campaign FL-569

Thomas Built Buses Recall 09V-461: ADJUSTABLE BRAKE PEDAL ASSEMBLIES

NHTSA recall 09V461000 (Manufacturer campaign FL-569) was reported by DAIMLER TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA on December 1, 2009, with 2,631 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner C2 for model years 2006–2011. Owners were notified on December 22, 2009, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign
09V461000 (also written 09V-461 or 09V461)
Filed by
DAIMLER TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA
Manufacturer campaign number
FL-569
Report received
Potentially affected
2,631 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component
Service Brakes, Hydraulic — Pedals and Linkages
Owners notified

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 09V461000. 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 SAF-T-Liner C2

All Thomas Built Buses recalls

NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 09V461000.

Defect description

DAIMLER TRUCKS IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2006 THROUGH 2011 THOMAS BUILT SAF-T-LINER C2 SCHOOL BUSES BUILT ON FCCC B2 CHASSIS MANUFACTURED FROM OCTOBER 15, 2004 THROUGH NOVEMBER 25, 2009, EQUIPPED WITH KONGSBERG AUTOMOTIVE ADJUSTABLE BRAKE PEDALS. THE ADJUSTABLE BRAKE PEDAL ARM MAY LOOSEN ALLOWING THE ARM TO ROTATE AROUND ITS SHAFT AND SWING IN FRONT OF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, REDUCING BRAKING FUNCTION.

Safety consequence

A LOOSE BRAKE PEDAL INCREASES THE RISK OF A CRASH.

Manufacturer remedy

DAIMLER TRUCKS WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND DEALERS WILL REPAIR THE VEHICLES FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON DECEMBER 22, 2009. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DAIMLER TRUCKS WARRANTY CLAIMS DEPARTMENT AT 1-800-547-0712.

Notes

DAIMLER TRUCKS' CAMPAIGN NUMBER IS FL-569.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 09V461000

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.