Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner C2, Thomas Built Saf-T-Liner C2, model years 2011 to 2013. Filed by Daimler Trucks North America and reported to NHTSA on 5 December 2011. 4,700 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Daimler trucks (dtna) is recalling certain model year 2011 through 2013 thomas built saf-t-liner school buses built on a freightliner custom chassis b2 chassis from november 15, 2010, through october 6, 2011. the grid heater ground wire may contact the relay power terminal and rub and chafe potentially resulting in a …
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The maker's own number for this recall: FL-619. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 11V573 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “AN ELECTRICAL FAULT OR SHORT CIRCUIT MAY RESULT IN A FIRE.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 11V573 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | DAIMLER TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA |
| System at fault | Engine And Engine Cooling |
| Reported to NHTSA | 5 December 2011 |
| Model years | 2011-2013 |
| Vehicles named | THOMAS BUILT BUSES SAF-T-LINER C2, THOMAS BUILT SAF-T-LINER C2 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
AN ELECTRICAL FAULT OR SHORT CIRCUIT MAY RESULT IN A FIRE.
The remedy
DTNA WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND DEALERS WILL INSPECT TO ENSURE THE GRID HEATER RELAY GROUND WIRE IS CORRECTLY ROUTED AND MODIFIED AS REQUIRED TO ENSURE ADEQUATE CLEARANCE WITH THE POWER TERMINAL. THE REPAIRS WILL BE PERFORMED BY DTNA DEALERS FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON FEBRUARY 2, 2012. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DTNA AT 1-800-547-0712.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 586 notices in the record whose component field names engine and engine cooling. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 47 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner C2 recalls: 115 US campaigns
- Thomas Built Saf-T-Liner C2 recalls: 5 US campaigns
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 11V573, wording as read on 8 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/11v573/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
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We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 11V573 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
88f8779e - Consequence
21fc83e0 - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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