Thomas Built Hdx, Mvp-Ef, Hd, Mvp-Er, Er Transit Bus. Published by Transport Canada as 2005078 on 29 March 2005. System: Steering.
What the notice says On certain school buses, a crack on the internal thread root of the tie rod could lead to separation of the tie rod from the steer axle assembly. Tie rod separation could result in a loss of steering control. Correction: Dealers will replace the tie rod assemblies.
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Thomas Built HDX in the other registers
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The American register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2005078
- Recall date
- 29 March 2005
- Make
- Thomas Built
- Models
- HDX, Mvp-Ef, HD, Mvp-Er, Er Transit Bus
- Model years
- 2000 to 2004
- Vehicle class
- Truck - Med. & H.D.
- System
- Steering
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 35
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain school buses, a crack on the internal thread root of the tie rod could lead to separation of the tie rod from the steer axle assembly. Tie rod separation could result in a loss of steering control. Correction: Dealers will replace the tie rod assemblies.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 2005078.
Thomas Built elsewhere in this register
Thomas Built is named on 214 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2005077 · 29 March 2005 · Acterra, Mvp-Ef, C2 School Bus · Tires
- 2005138 · 10 May 2005 · Saf-T-Liner C2 School Bus · Electrical
- 2005139 · 10 May 2005 · Mvp-Er School Bus, Mvp-Ef Transit Bus, Mvp-Ef School Bus · Fuel System
- 2005141 · 10 May 2005 · HDX School Bus, Mvp-Ef School Bus, 4900 · Heater And Defroster
- 2005142 · 10 May 2005 · Mvp-Er Transit Bus · Engine
- 2005265 · 14 September 2005 · Saf-T-Liner C2 School Bus · Structure
- 2005286 · 28 September 2005 · B2 School Bus Chassis, Saf-T-Liner C2 School Bus · Steering
- 2005293 · 5 October 2005 · HDX, Conventional, Minotour · Other
The same system: Steering
582 notices in this register name Steering. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2005110 · 19 April 2005 · Tiburon, Elantra · Steering
- 2005117 · 25 April 2005 · CXN, CT · Steering
- 2005137 · 10 May 2005 · Condor · Steering
- 2005017 · 24 January 2005 · Silverado, Sierra · Steering
- 2005230 · 9 August 2005 · CL · Steering
- 2005309 · 12 October 2005 · Custom Chassis · Steering
Reading this against the source
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This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Thomas Built: 214 in the register, and 404 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2005.
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