Thomas Built Saf-T-Liner C2 School Bus. Published by Transport Canada as 2025477 on 11 September 2025. System: Steering.
What the notice says Issue:
On certain school buses, the castle nut securing the tie rod may not have been tightened properly and/or the cotter pin may be missing. As a result, the nut could loosen and separate. If this happens, there could be a loss of steering control.
Safety Risk:
A loss of steering control could increase the …
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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
- 2025477
- Recall date
- 11 September 2025
- Make
- Thomas Built
- Models
- Saf-T-Liner C2 School Bus
- Model years
- 2026
- Vehicle class
- School Bus
- System
- Steering
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 13
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Issue:
On certain school buses, the castle nut securing the tie rod may not have been tightened properly and/or the cotter pin may be missing. As a result, the nut could loosen and separate. If this happens, there could be a loss of steering control.Safety Risk:
A loss of steering control could increase the risk of a crash.Corrective Actions:
Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) will notify owners by mail and advise you to take your school bus to a DTNA authorized service facility to inspect and, if necessary, replace the tie rod.
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 2025477.
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.
- 2025479 · 11 September 2025 · Saf-T-Liner C2 School Bus · Brakes
- 2025500 · 23 September 2025 · Saf-T-Liner C2 School Bus · Lights And Instruments
- 2025678 · 9 December 2025 · Saf-T-Liner C2 School Bus, Minotour DRW School Bus · Seats And Restraints
- 2026065 · 13 February 2026 · Saf-T-Liner Efx School Bus, Saf-T-Liner HDX School Bus · Heater And Defroster
- 2026066 · 13 February 2026 · Saf-T-Liner Efx Non-School Bus · Heater And Defroster
- 2026083 · 24 February 2026 · Saf-T-Liner C2 School Bus · Heater And Defroster
- 2026182 · 9 April 2026 · Saf-T-Liner C2 School Bus · Lights And Instruments
- 2026312 · 26 June 2026 · Saf-T-Liner HDX2 School Bus · Structure
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.
- 2025478 · 11 September 2025 · 47x, Cascadia, Business Class M2 · Steering
- 2025486 · 15 September 2025 · Sportster S · Steering
- 2025494 · 19 September 2025 · F-250 Chassis Cab, F-350 Chassis Cab, F-450 Chassis Cab · Steering
- 2025431 · 22 August 2025 · Cascadia · Steering
- 2025423 · 15 August 2025 · EQE Sedan, GLC Class · Steering
- 2025418 · 11 August 2025 · VN · Steering
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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 656 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2025.
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