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Thomas Built Buses Conventional Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 2 safety recalls and 1 owner complaint across 3 model years of the Thomas Built Buses Conventional (1999–2003). The most-complained-about year is 2003.

2
safety recalls, all years
1
owner complaints, all years
1999
year with most recalls
2003
year with most complaints

Pick your Thomas Built Buses Conventional model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2003 Thomas Built Buses Conventional01
2002 Thomas Built Buses Conventional10
1999 Thomas Built Buses Conventional10

What Thomas Built Buses Conventional owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 1 complaint with NHTSA. The 2003 model year has the most, with 1.

All Thomas Built Buses Conventional recalls (2)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Thomas Built Buses Conventional, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Door (structure)

    NHTSA 16V395000 Reported 24,698 vehicles potentially affected Daimler Trucks North America LLC

    Daimler Trucks North America LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain model year 1998-2002 Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner Conventional, 2000-2002 Saf-T-Liner ER, 2000-2017 Saf-T-Liner MVP-EF, 1998-1999 Vista, 2003 Saf-T-Liner FS65, 2013-2017 Saf-T-liner C2, 2000-2002 Saf-T-Liner MVP-ER, 2013-2017 Saf-T-Liner HDX. In the affected vehicles, the…

    Remedy: DTNA will notify owners, and dealers will either replace the stems or protect them against corrosion, free of charge. An interim notice was sent to owners on July 28, 2016. A second notice was mailed to owners on…

    Model years: 1999

  2. Labels (equipment)

    NHTSA 11V201000 Reported 6,360 vehicles potentially affected DAIMLER TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA

    Certain model year 2000 through 2009 thomas built school buses manufactured from april 17, 2000, through december 21, 2009, were equipped with an incorrect tire load certification label. The certification labels list "d" load range tires with a recommended cold tire inflation pressure greater than 65 PSI. The buses are equipped with…

    Remedy: Dtna will notify owners and dealers will replace the incorrect label with a correct label free of charge or, if the owner wishes, they may replace the label themselves. Owners should contact dtna at 1-800-547-0712 or…

    Model years: 2002

Other Thomas Built Buses models

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.