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Thomas Built Bus Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 2 safety recalls and 0 owner complaints across 2 model years of the Thomas Built Bus (2005–2006).

2
safety recalls, all years
0
owner complaints, all years
2005
year with most recalls

Pick your Thomas Built Bus model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2006 Thomas Built Bus20
2005 Thomas Built Bus20

All Thomas Built Bus recalls (2)

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

  1. Equipment adaptive/mobility

    NHTSA 08V524000 Reported 8 vehicles potentially affected MATTHEWS SPECIALTY VEHICLES

    Matthews is recalling 8 my 1998 bluebird, my 2004 ford e450, my 2005-2006 thomas built buses, my 2006 international bus, my 2007 chevrolet 5500, freightliner and dodge sprinter trucks, transit buses, and specialty vehicles equipped with ricon platform style wheelchair lifts. These buses fail to comply with the requirements of federal…

    Remedy: Matthews is working with ricon to correct the wheelchair lifts free of charge (please see 07e095). Owners may contact ricon at 1-818-267-3000 or matthews specialty at 336-297-9600.

    Model years: 2005, 2006

  2. Equipment adaptive/mobility

    NHTSA 08V526000 Reported 8 vehicles potentially affected MATTHEWS SPECIALTY VEHICLES

    Matthews is recalling 8 my 1998 bluebird, my 2004 ford e450, my 2005-2006 thomas built bus, my 2006 international bus, my 2007 chevrolet 5500, freightliner and dodge sprinter trucks, transit buses, and specialty vehicles equipped with ricon platform style wheelchair lifts. These lifts fail to comply with the requirements of federal…

    Remedy: Matthews is working with ricon to correct the wheelchair lifts free of charge (please see 07e097). Owners may contact ricon at 1-818-267-3000 or mattews specialty at 336-297-9600.

    Model years: 2005, 2006

Other Thomas Built 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.