NHTSA campaign 11V578000 · Manufacturer campaign FL-620
Thomas Built Buses Recall 11V-578: MALFUNCTIONING SIDE MARKER/DIRECTIONAL LIGHTS
NHTSA recall 11V578000 (Manufacturer campaign FL-620) was reported by DAIMLER TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA on December 5, 2011, with 2,800 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner C2 for the 2012 model year. Owners were notified on February 2, 2012, per NHTSA.
Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files
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Key facts
- NHTSA campaign
- 11V578000 (also written 11V-578 or 11V578)
- Filed by
- DAIMLER TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA
- Manufacturer campaign number
- FL-620
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 2,800 vehicles (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Exterior Lighting — Turn Signal
- Owners notified
Vehicles listed for this recall
NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 11V578000. 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
- 2012 · Vehicles built February 24, 2011 – August 3, 2011 (per NHTSA)
NHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 11V578000.
Defect description
DAIMLER TRUCKS (DTNA) IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2012 THOMAS BUILT SAF-T-LINER SCHOOL BUSES MANUFACTURED FROM FEBRUARY 24, 2011, THROUGH AUGUST 3, 2011, EQUIPPED WITH BULK-HEAD MODULE SOFTWARE RELEASE 2.1 AND REFERENCE PARAMETER RELEASE P38407-06. INACCURATE FAULT DETECTION VALUES IN THE BULK-HEAD MODULE SOFTWARE MAY CAUSE THE SIDE MARKER/DIRECTIONAL LIGHTS TO STOP FUNCTIONING AFTER 5 TO 13 MINUTES OF VEHICLE OPERATION.
Safety consequence
FAILURE OF THE SIDE MARKER/DIRECTIONAL LIGHTS TO ILLUMINATE WILL RESULT IN DECREASED VISIBILITY OF THE BUS AND/OR ITS INTENDED DIRECTION OF TRAVEL TO OTHER DRIVERS WHICH COULD INCREASE THE RISK OF A CRASH.
Manufacturer remedy
DTNA WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND THE BULK-HEAD MODULE SOFTWARE WILL BE UPDATED BY DTNA AUTHORIZED SERVICE FACILITIES FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON FEBRUARY 2, 2012. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DTNA AT 1-800-547-0712.
Notes
DTNA'S RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER IS FL-620.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 11V578000
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.