Thomas Built Saf-T-Liner C2 School Bus. Published by Transport Canada as 2026390 on 10 August 2026. System: Fuel System.
What the notice says Issue:
On certain school buses, the mounting of the fuel system and the material for the fuel tank cage may not meet certain requirements of Canadian regulations. As a result, fuel could leak in a crash.
Safety Risk:
A fuel leak in a crash can create the risk of a fire.
Corrective Actions:
Daimler …
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Checked against the register on 18 October 2026. 1 change in the wording since our daily reading began.
Changed since our daily reading began
8 October 2026: the units was rewritten. Before and after
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
- 2026390
- Recall date
- 10 August 2026
- Make
- Thomas Built
- Models
- Saf-T-Liner C2 School Bus
- Model years
- 2024 to 2027
- Vehicle class
- School Bus
- System
- Fuel System
- Raised as
- Compliance MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 2,578
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Issue:
On certain school buses, the mounting of the fuel system and the material for the fuel tank cage may not meet certain requirements of Canadian regulations. As a result, fuel could leak in a crash.Safety Risk:
A fuel leak in a crash can create the risk of a fire.Corrective Actions:
Daimler Truck North America (DTNA) will notify owners by mail and advise you to take your school bus to a DTNA authorized service facility to modify the fuel tank area.
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 2026390.
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.
- 2026389 · 10 August 2026 · Saf-T-Liner C2 Non-School Bus · Fuel System
- 2026312 · 26 June 2026 · Saf-T-Liner HDX2 School Bus · Structure
- 2026182 · 9 April 2026 · Saf-T-Liner C2 School Bus · Lights And Instruments
- 2026083 · 24 February 2026 · Saf-T-Liner C2 School Bus · Heater And Defroster
- 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
- 2025678 · 9 December 2025 · Saf-T-Liner C2 School Bus, Minotour DRW School Bus · Seats And Restraints
- 2025500 · 23 September 2025 · Saf-T-Liner C2 School Bus · Lights And Instruments
The same system: Fuel System
866 notices in this register name Fuel System. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2026389 · 10 August 2026 · Saf-T-Liner C2 Non-School Bus · Fuel System
- 2026338 · 14 July 2026 · Focus · Fuel System
- 2026300 · 16 June 2026 · Vision Non-School Bus · Fuel System
- 2026206 · 23 April 2026 · Defender · Fuel System
- 2026202 · 22 April 2026 · Taos · Fuel System
- 2026142 · 27 March 2026 · Cb1000 · Fuel System
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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 405 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2026.
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