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NHTSA campaign 12V226000 · Manufacturer campaign FL-627

Thomas Built Buses Recall 12V-226: WHEELCHAIR LIFT/OUTER ROLL STOP LATCHING MECHANISM

  • Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 12V226000 (Manufacturer campaign FL-627) was reported by DAIMLER TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA on May 17, 2012, with 100 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Thomas Built Buses Minotour, Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner C2, Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner EF and more for model years 2007–2011. Owners were notified on June 29, 2012, 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 12V226000 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
12V226000 (also written 12V-226 or 12V226)
Filed by
DAIMLER TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA
Manufacturer campaign number
FL-627
Report received
Potentially affected
100 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component
Equipment Adaptive/Mobility
Owners notified
NHTSA investigation
Preliminary Evaluation PE11-030 (per NHTSA's investigations file)

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 12V226000. 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 Minotour

  • Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner C2

  • Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner EF

  • Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner HDX

All Thomas Built Buses recalls

NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 12V226000.

Defect description

DAIMLER TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA (DTNA) IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2007 THROUGH 2011 SAF-T-LINER EF, MINOTOUR, SAF-T-LINER C2, SAF-T-LINER HDX TRANSIT BUSES EQUIPPED WITH BRAUN CENTURY-2 AND VISTA-2 WHEELCHAIR LIFTS. OVER TIME, AND WITH FREQUENT USE, THE ROLL STOP LATCHES ON THE OUTER BARRIER MAY BECOME BENT OR MISALIGNED.

Safety consequence

A WHEELCHAIR OCCUPANT MAY DEFEAT OR RIDE OVER THE INSUFFICIENTLY LATCHED ROLL STOP. IF THIS OCCURS WHEN THE LIFT PLATFORM IS IN AN ELEVATED POSITION, THE WHEELCHAIR’S OCCUPANT COULD FALL AND SUSTAIN INJURY.

Manufacturer remedy

DTNA WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND THE REPAIRS WILL BE PERFORMED BY AUTHORIZED BRAUN DEALERS, FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON JUNE 28, 2012. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DTNA AT 1-800-547-0712.

Notes

DTNA'S RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER IS FL-627.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 12V226000

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.