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NHTSA campaign 10V340000 · Manufacturer campaign 10C-5

Fccc and Thomas Built Buses Recall 10V-340: GRID HEATER/POSSIBLE FIRE

NHTSA recall 10V340000 (Manufacturer campaign 10C-5) was reported by DAIMLER TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA on July 27, 2010, with 5,445 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Fccc B2, Thomas Built Buses HDX and Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner C2 for model years 2007–2011. Owners were notified on July 29, 2011, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

Is my vehicle included?

This page lists, by model year, the vehicles NHTSA's recall record names for campaign 10V340000 in the model years try.vin imports (1995 and later); NHTSA's own record can list more. A model year on the list doesn't mean every vehicle of that year is included, and some may already have been repaired.

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign
10V340000 (also written 10V-340 or 10V340)
Filed by
DAIMLER TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA
Manufacturer campaign number
10C-5
Report received
Potentially affected
5,445 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component
Engine and Engine Cooling
Owners notified

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 10V340000. 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.

Fccc

  • Fccc B2

All Fccc recalls

Thomas Built Buses

  • Thomas Built Buses HDX

  • 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 10V340000.

Defect description

DAIMLER TRUCKS IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2007 THROUGH 2011 FCCC B2 106 CH AND THOMAS BUILT SAF-T-LINER C2 AND HDX SCHOOL BUSES MANUFACTURED FROM SEPTEMBER 5, 2006 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2010, EQUIPPED WITH SPECIFIC MBE900 EPA04 AND EPA07 MODEL ENGINES. THE INTAKE AIR GRID HEATER MAY SHORT CIRCUIT AND FAIL DUE TO EXCESSIVE INTERNAL TEMPERATURES.

Safety consequence

A SHORT CIRCUITED GRID HEATER COULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE FIRE AND INJURY TO VEHICLE OCCUPANTS.

Manufacturer remedy

DAIMLER TRUCKS WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND DEALERS WILL REPAIR THE BUSES FREE OF CHARGE. REPAIRS WILL BE PERFORMED BY DETROIT DIESEL CORPORATION AUTHORIZED REPAIR FACILITIES. THE SAFETY RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ON OR ABOUT JULY 29, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DAIMLER TRUCKS TOLL-FREE AT 1-800-547-0712.

Notes

DAIMLER TRUCKS' RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER IS 10C-5.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 10V340000

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.