Thomas Built Saf-T-Liner C2 School Bus. Published by Transport Canada as 2023420 on 1 August 2023. System: Powertrain.
What the notice says Issue:
On certain school buses, the driveshaft could break while driving and cause a sudden loss of power to the wheels. The driveshaft could also separate from the vehicle.
UPDATE - After the company notified Transport Canada about this problem, they determined that there are no Canadian school buses affected by …
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at Transport Canada, 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.
Transport Canada carries this recall as 2023420, dated 1 August 2023. The American register carries the same defect as campaign 23V537, dated 1 August 2023. They are the same defect because the manufacturer filed both under one internal campaign code, FL980.
| Canada | United States | |
|---|---|---|
| Number | 2023420 | 23V537 |
| Dated | 1 August 2023 | 1 August 2023 |
| Register | Transport Canada | NHTSA |
| Make | Thomas Built | |
Both registers carry the same date for this defect.
These are the dates each register records against its own notice. They are separate administrative acts in two countries, recorded by two authorities under two sets of rules, and this page does not claim that one caused the other or that owners in either country were contacted on those days. What it shows is that the same manufacturer campaign reached the two registers on different dates.
Read the American notice 23V537, including every earlier version of its wording this site holds. The Canadian register explains why the manufacturer code is published there and what that makes possible. Canada and America sets every matched pair side by side.
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
- 2023420
- Recall date
- 1 August 2023
- Make
- Thomas Built
- Models
- Saf-T-Liner C2 School Bus
- Model years
- 2023
- Vehicle class
- School Bus
- System
- Powertrain
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Issue:
On certain school buses, the driveshaft could break while driving and cause a sudden loss of power to the wheels. The driveshaft could also separate from the vehicle.
UPDATE - After the company notified Transport Canada about this problem, they determined that there are no Canadian school buses affected by it. Accordingly, this safety recall was withdrawn.Safety Risk:
There is no safety risk, as Canadian vehicles were not built with the recalled parts.Corrective Actions:
This is not a recall. This notice is for information only.
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 2023420.
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.
- 2023540 · 3 October 2023 · Saf-T-Liner C2 School Bus · Structure
- 2023539 · 4 October 2023 · Saf-T-Liner C2 Non-School Bus · Structure
- 2023301 · 25 May 2023 · Saf-T-Liner HDX School Bus, Saf-T-Liner C2 School Bus, Saf-T-Liner Efx School Bus · Seats And Restraints
- 2023276 · 9 May 2023 · Saf-T-Liner C2 School Bus · Structure
- 2023274 · 8 May 2023 · Saf-T-Liner C2 School Bus · Structure
- 2023660 · 13 December 2023 · Saf-T-Liner C2 School Bus · Structure
- 2022680 · 28 November 2022 · Saf-T-Liner HDX School Bus · Seats And Restraints
- 2024311 · 31 May 2024 · Saf-T-Liner C2 School Bus · Wheels
The same system: Powertrain
823 notices in this register name Powertrain. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2023421 · 1 August 2023 · Seltos, Soul, Sportage · Powertrain
- 2023422 · 1 August 2023 · Business Class M2 · Powertrain
- 2023423 · 1 August 2023 · Niro · Powertrain
- 2023437 · 4 August 2023 · T480, 548, 537 · Powertrain
- 2023455 · 14 August 2023 · Nova · Powertrain
- 2023466 · 17 August 2023 · HV, MV · Powertrain
Reading this against the source
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What the words on this notice mean — the system it is filed under, and what the filing type says about who found the fault.
This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Thomas Built Saf-T-Liner C2, in all seven, is kept on that vehicle's own page, with the newest in each.
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 593 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2023.
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