NHTSA campaign 10V183000
Thomas Built Buses Recall 10V-183: DASH HEATER ACTUATOR
- Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation
NHTSA recall 10V183000 was reported by DAIMLER TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA on May 3, 2010, with 1,515 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Thomas Built Buses HDX for model years 2009–2010. Owners were notified on July 6, 2010, per NHTSA.
Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files
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Key facts
- NHTSA campaign
- 10V183000 (also written 10V-183 or 10V183)
- Filed by
- DAIMLER TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 1,515 vehicles (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Electrical System — Wiring
- Owners notified
- NHTSA investigation
- Preliminary Evaluation PE10-011 (per NHTSA's investigations file)
Vehicles listed for this recall
NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 10V183000. 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
All Thomas Built Buses recallsNHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 10V183000.
Defect description
DTNA IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2009 AND 2010 HDX SCHOOL BUSES MANUFACTURED ON NOVEMBER 15, 2007 THROUGH JUNE 15, 2009. THE HEATER COOLANT FLOW VALVE ACTUATOR 0-RING MAY ALLOW COOLANT LEAKAGE INTO THE HEATER CORE COMPARTMENT AND THE ACTUATOR PC BOARD AREA POTENTIALLY CAUSING THE ACTUATOR TO OVERHEAT AND/OR MELT.
Safety consequence
AN OVERHEATED AND/OR MELTED ACTUATOR MAY RESULT IN A VEHICLE FIRE.
Manufacturer remedy
DTNA WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND REPAIRS WILL BE PERFORMED BY THOMAS BUILT DEALERSHIPS FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON JULY 6, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT THOMAS BUILT AT 1-336-889-4871.
Notes
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 10V183000
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.