{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Thomas Built Buses recall 19V686 (FL-828): Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner C2 (2017 to 2020)",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/19v686/",
  "summary": "Recall 19V686 (Thomas Built Buses): The loose bolts may lead a disabled school bus and result in a school bus evacuation procedure in an uncontrolled traffic situatio...",
  "excerpt": "Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner C2, model years 2017 to 2020. Filed by Daimler Trucks North America LLC and reported to NHTSA on 27 September 2019. 618 vehicles potentially affected. What the notice says Daimler Trucks North America LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2017-2020 Saf-T-Liner C2 school buses equipped with Detroit DD5 engines and Allison transmissions. The Flex-Plate/Torque Converter fasteners may have been insufficiently tightened. Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA , or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on. CarsMultiverse / Recalls Thomas Built Buses's own number for this recall: FL-828. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 19V686 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways. Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on. What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “The loose bolts may lead a disabled school bus and result in a school bus evacuation procedure in an uncontrolled traffic situation, increasing the risk of an injury.” 19V686 Daimler Trucks North America LLC Power Train:Automatic Transmission:Torque Converter 27 September 2019 2017-2020 THOMAS BUILT BUSES SAF-T-LINER C2 The loose bolts may lead a disabled school bus and result in a s",
  "register": {
    "authority": "NHTSA",
    "country": "United States",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/changed/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-08-23T20:49:01+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-16T16:42:06+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Thomas Built Buses recall 19V686 (FL-828): Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner C2 (2017 to 2020)\", https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/19v686/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}