Thomas Saf-t-liner Er 2002

Model Saf-t-liner Er made in 2002 by Thomas got 1 consumer complain there is 1 investigation as well as 1 recall. Consumer complaints with reference to seats. . The car had one investigation (structure). There was one recall concerning vehicle speed control .

Saf-t-liner er year 2002

Recalls
Defect investigations
Consumer Complaints

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Model 2002

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.

Investigations

NHTSA ID	Manufacturer	Date open	Date close	Subject	Recall campaign
STRUCTURE - BODY - DOOR - HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
PE07054	THOMAS BUILT BUSES, INC.	11/09/2007	03/04/2008	EMERGENCY DOOR HANDLE FAILURE	08V087000
	The office of defects investigation opened this preliminary evaluationafterbecoming aware that fleets were having handle failures on the rear emergency door exit.the failure resulted in the door handle separating from thedoor latch mechanism.when the handle fails, the rear emergency exit door can not be opened from outside the bus.the failure results from corrosion of the exterior door handle around the securing roll pin and square drive latch mechanism, causing the protective finish to chip and flake.continued corrosion weakens the handle and eventually the handle may break while trying to open the exit door.odi was concerned that during an emergency, a person outside of the bus would break the door handle while trying to open the emergency exit door,potentially delaying evacuation of the bus.under the safety recall, the aluminum handles will be replaced with a more robust handle.the recall action resolves the issues raised by this investigation. accordingly, this investigation is closed.

Consumer Complaints

Fail date	miles	occurences
SEATS
12/01/2002	22724	1
	The driver's seat was defective. the seat frame bent and caused the seat to twist 15 degrees to the right. nlm a new seat unit was reassembled and installed. tt

Car dealers selling

State	City	Zip	Name	Phone
CO	COMMERCE CITY	80022	TRANSWEST TRUCKS, INC.