Thomas Saf-t-liner Er 2005

Model Saf-t-liner Er made in 2005 by Thomas got 2 consumer complains, 2 investigations there is 1 recall as well as 1 service bulletin. Consumer complaints with reference to electrical system. . Technical service bulletines regarding service brakes, air. The car had one investigation (steering). There was one recall concerning vehicle speed control .

Saf-t-liner er year 2005

Recalls
Technical Service Bulletins
Defect investigations
Consumer Complaints

Car dealers

Model 2005

Recalls

Campaign	Manufacturer	Manufacturing date	Type	# of units affected	Recall Initiated by	Manufacturers of recalled vehicles/products	Report Recieved Date	Record Creation Date
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
05V208000	FREIGHTLINER LLC	from 11/01/2002 to 02/28/2005	V (Vehicle)	153	MFR	THOMAS BUILT BUSES, INC.	04/27/2005	05/09/2005
Defect Summary	Certain my 2002-2005 thomas built saf-t-liner er school buses and er transit buses manufactured between november 2002 and february 2005 and equipped with john deere 8.1l compressed natural gas engines models hfn01 and hfn03. the engine control unit and throttle can unexpectedly surge. these units fail to conform to federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 124, accelerator control systems.
Consequence Summary	A sudden engine surge could possibly result in a vehicle crash.
Corrective Summary	John deere will notify the customers of freightliner/thomas built and will update the engine control unit software free of charge. owners may contact john deere at 1-800-jd-engine.
Notes	Customers 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 http://www.safercar.gov.

Bulletins

Bulletin	Bulletin date	Replacement Bulletin	Item no.	Summary	Added
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR - SLACK ADJUSTERS - AUTOMATIC
PS-13-8	11/29/2010		10036588	Thomas built bus: all models of thomas buses using automatic slack adjusters. the automatic slack adjusters are routinely being adjusted by some operators and service technicians to make brake pushrod stroke appear to be with legal brake	04/04/2011

Investigations

NHTSA ID	Manufacturer	Date open	Date close	Subject	Recall campaign
STEERING
EA07002	THOMAS BUILT BUSES, INC.	01/30/2007	07/12/2007	STEERING COLUMN WELD CRACKS	07V289000
	As a result of the odi investigation, freightliner has agreed to recall (number 07v-289) all of the vehicles manufactured with steering columns potentially missing welds.the recall remedy will involve inspecting the recalled vehicles for missing welds and if found replace the steering column.early warning aggregate data submitted to nhtsa by freightliner suggested that a steering problem (ewr code 01) existed for the 2004 and 2005 century and columbia class vehicles.the count of field reports submitted for the first quarter of 2006 was higher than the average of the previous 6 quarters for the aggregate steering data.odi's further review of the ewr data foundfield reports that described steering column failures as a result of steering column welds cracking or breaking.information received from freightliner detailed failures of the steering columns on the subject vehicles.these failures were the result of missing and cracked welds on the steering column assembly.during testing of vehicles containing defective steering columns, odi determined that weld failures in the steering column create a situation where the vehicle becomes difficult to steer or may startle the driver upon failing, thus presenting a safety risk.a copy of the recall is attached.freightliner's action resolves the issues raised by this investigation and, therefore, this investigation is closed.
STEERING - COLUMN
EA07002	THOMAS BUILT BUSES, INC.	01/30/2007	07/12/2007	STEERING COLUMN WELD CRACKS	07V289000
	As a result of the odi investigation, freightliner has agreed to recall (number 07v-289) all of the vehicles manufactured with steering columns potentially missing welds.the recall remedy will involve inspecting the recalled vehicles for missing welds and if found replace the steering column.early warning aggregate data submitted to nhtsa by freightliner suggested that a steering problem (ewr code 01) existed for the 2004 and 2005 century and columbia class vehicles.the count of field reports submitted for the first quarter of 2006 was higher than the average of the previous 6 quarters for the aggregate steering data.odi's further review of the ewr data foundfield reports that described steering column failures as a result of steering column welds cracking or breaking.information received from freightliner detailed failures of the steering columns on the subject vehicles.these failures were the result of missing and cracked welds on the steering column assembly.during testing of vehicles containing defective steering columns, odi determined that weld failures in the steering column create a situation where the vehicle becomes difficult to steer or may startle the driver upon failing, thus presenting a safety risk.a copy of the recall is attached.freightliner's action resolves the issues raised by this investigation and, therefore, this investigation is closed.

Consumer Complaints

Fail date	miles	occurences	Purchase date
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
02/26/2006	23558	2	09/10/2004
	Printed circuit board overheats and catches fire. this problem has occurred before and we have had a 50% failure rate on this model bus. this part is covered under recall 06v-136 but does not cover the manufacture date of this bus. *nm
01/22/2006	11062	2	09/14/2005
	Printed circuit panel located under side panel of bus overheated and had a small fire. this problem is covered under recall 06v-136 but does cover this particular vehicle. it appears that this recall needs to be expanded to cover more vehicles, we have had a 50% failure rate of this particular component. *nm

Car dealers selling

State	City	Zip	Name	Phone
IN	SILVER LAKE	46982	KERLIN BUS SALES	260-352-2722