Thomas Built Saf-T-Liner C2 School Bus. Published by Transport Canada as 2020078 on 26 February 2020. System: Electrical.
What the notice says Issue:
On certain school buses, a software problem could cause the exterior warning lights to stop flashing. If this happens, the red warning lights can turn off suddenly. The stop sign and crossing arm will also retract.
Note for drivers: If this happens, the system indicator light will turn off. A driver can …
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Thomas Built SAF-T-LINER C2 SCHOOL BUS in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Thomas Built SAF-T-LINER C2 SCHOOL BUS is named on 18 American notices. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
Nothing here says any of these is this notice in another country. A model recalled in one country is often recalled in another, in different words and at a different time, and the authorities do not cross-reference each other. Reading them together is the reason this site holds more than one register.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2020078
- Recall date
- 26 February 2020
- Make
- Thomas Built
- Models
- Saf-T-Liner C2 School Bus
- Model years
- 2020 to 2021
- Vehicle class
- School Bus
- System
- Electrical
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 292
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Issue:
On certain school buses, a software problem could cause the exterior warning lights to stop flashing. If this happens, the red warning lights can turn off suddenly. The stop sign and crossing arm will also retract.
Note for drivers: If this happens, the system indicator light will turn off. A driver can press the momentary activation switch to turn the warning lights back on and deploy the stop sign.Safety Risk:
If the warning lights stop flashing and the stop sign retracts, other drivers may assume that it is safe to proceed when it is not. This could increase the risk of injury.Corrective Actions:
Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) will notify owners by mail and instruct you to take your bus to a DTNA authorized service facility to update the software in the switch hub module.
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 2020078.
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.
- 2020636 · 21 December 2020 · Business Class M2, Saf-T-Liner C2 Non-School Bus · Brakes
- 2020637 · 21 December 2020 · Saf-T-Liner C2 School Bus · Brakes
- 2019641 · 17 December 2019 · Saf-T-Liner HDX School Bus · Seats And Restraints
- 2019611 · 6 December 2019 · Saf-T-Liner C2 School Bus · Engine
- 2019497 · 4 October 2019 · Saf-T-Liner HDX School Bus, Minotour School Bus, Saf-T-Liner C2 School Bus · Seats And Restraints
- 2019362 · 24 July 2019 · Saf-T-Liner C2 School Bus, Minotour School Bus · Structure
- 2019363 · 24 July 2019 · Saf-T-Liner C2 Non-School Bus · Structure
- 2019288 · 12 June 2019 · Saf-T-Liner C2 School Bus, Saf-T-Liner HDX School Bus, Saf-T-Liner Efx School Bus · Brakes
The same system: Electrical
686 notices in this register name Electrical. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2020107 · 19 March 2020 · Trophy Se · Electrical
- 2020126 · 24 March 2020 · E450, E350 · Electrical
- 2020031 · 28 January 2020 · Cameo, Sunset, Hampton · Electrical
- 2020023 · 23 January 2020 · F-150 · Electrical
- 2020217 · 18 May 2020 · 5700, 4700 · Electrical
- 2020229 · 27 May 2020 · Four Winds · Electrical
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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 536 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2020.
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