Thomas Built Saf-T-Liner Hdx School Bus. Published by Transport Canada as 2017099 on 28 February 2017. System: Steering.
What the notice says On certain school buses, the pinch bolt of the upper steering shaft may not have been tightened to the proper specification. This could lead to a loss of the mechanical connection between the steering wheel and front axle wheels, resulting in a loss of steering control, increasing the risk of a crash causing injury …
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Thomas Built SAF-T-LINER HDX SCHOOL BUS in the other registers
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The American register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2017099
- Recall date
- 28 February 2017
- Make
- Thomas Built
- Models
- Saf-T-Liner HDX School Bus
- Model years
- 2017
- Vehicle class
- School Bus
- System
- Steering
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 3
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain school buses, the pinch bolt of the upper steering shaft may not have been tightened to the proper specification. This could lead to a loss of the mechanical connection between the steering wheel and front axle wheels, resulting in a loss of steering control, increasing the risk of a crash causing injury and/or damage to property. Correction: Dealers will inspect and ensure proper torque of the upper steering shaft pinch bolt.
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 2017099.
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.
- 2017257 · 12 May 2017 · Saf-T-Liner HDX School Bus · Seats And Restraints
- 2017359 · 18 July 2017 · Saf-T-Liner C2 School Bus · Structure
- 2017459 · 22 September 2017 · Saf-T-Liner C2 School Bus, Saf-T-Liner C2 Non-School Bus · Seats And Restraints
- 2017513 · 23 October 2017 · Saf-T-Liner C2 School Bus · Fuel System
- 2017582 · 28 November 2017 · Saf-T-Liner C2 School Bus · Lights And Instruments
- 2017636 · 18 December 2017 · 4900, 5900, Saf-T-Liner HDX Non-School Bus · Accessories
- 2016484 · 4 October 2016 · C2 School Bus · Brakes
- 2016418 · 30 August 2016 · Minotour DRW School Bus, Saf-T-Liner C2 School Bus, HDX School Bus · Accessories
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.
- 2017035 · 23 January 2017 · Phaeton · Steering
- 2017025 · 13 January 2017 · Grand Tour · Steering
- 2017203 · 11 April 2017 · G Class · Steering
- 2017207 · 11 April 2017 · GLS Class, E Class, Gle Class · Steering
- 2017209 · 11 April 2017 · GLK Class, C Class · Steering
- 2017212 · 13 April 2017 · Sportsman 570 Touring, Sportsman 450, Scrambler XP 1000 · Steering
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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 638 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2017.
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