Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner C2, Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner Efx, Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner Er, Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner Fs65, Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner Hdx, Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner Mvp-Ef, model years 2001 to 2013. Filed by Daimler Trucks North America LLC and reported to NHTSA on 6 July 2015. 3,013 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Daimler Trucks North America LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain model year 2002-2004 Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner ER, 2001-2005 Saf-T-Liner Conventional, 2002-2013 Saf-T-Liner MVP-EF, 2013 Saf-T-Liner EFX, 2001-2008 Saf-T-Liner FS65, 2005-2013 Saf-T-Liner C2, 2003-2013 Saf-T-Liner HDX, 2002-2003 Saf-T-Liner MVP-ER, …
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, 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.
The maker's own number for this recall: FL-685. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 15V425 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 15V425 cover?
- Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner C2, Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner Efx, Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner Er, Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner FS65, Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner HDX, Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner Mvp-Ef, Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner Mvp-Er, Thomas Built Buses Tl-960, model years 2001-2013.
- What is wrong with them?
- Daimler Trucks North America LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain model year 2002-2004 Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner ER, 2001-2005 Saf-T-Liner Conventional, 2002-2013 Saf-T-Liner MVP-EF, 2013 Saf-T-Liner EFX, 2001-2008 Saf-T-Liner FS65, 2005-2013 Saf-T-Liner C2, 2003-2013 Saf-T-Liner HDX, 2002-2003...
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the stem corrodes, the door handle could detach from the emergency door opening mechanism, delaying the opening of the door and the evacuation of the bus. In the event of an emergency, this may increase the risk of injury to the bus occupants.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Not yet, on the wording NHTSA publishes today. DTNA will notify owners, and dealers will either replace the stems or protect them against corrosion, free of charge. An interim notice was mailed to owners on August 28, 2015. The recall began on December 24, 2015. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-745-8000.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. The maker calls this recall FL-685, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “If the stem corrodes, the door handle could detach from the emergency door opening mechanism, delaying the opening of the door and the evacuation of the bus. In the event of an emergency, this may increase the risk of injury to the bus occu…”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 15V425 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Daimler Trucks North America LLC |
| System at fault | Structure:Body:Door |
| Reported to NHTSA | 6 July 2015 |
| Model years | 2001-2013 |
| Vehicles named | THOMAS BUILT BUSES SAF-T-LINER C2, THOMAS BUILT BUSES SAF-T-LINER EFX, THOMAS BUILT BUSES SAF-T-LINER ER, THOMAS BUILT BUSES SAF-T-LINER FS65, THOMAS BUILT BUSES SAF-T-LINER HDX, THOMAS BUILT BUSES SAF-T-LINER MVP-EF, THOMAS BUILT BUSES SAF-T-LINER MVP-ER, THOMAS BUILT BUSES TL-960, THOMAS BUILT BUSES VISTA, THOMAS SAF-T-LINER CONVENTIONAL |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the stem corrodes, the door handle could detach from the emergency door opening mechanism, delaying the opening of the door and the evacuation of the bus. In the event of an emergency, this may increase the risk of injury to the bus occupants.
The remedy
DTNA will notify owners, and dealers will either replace the stems or protect them against corrosion, free of charge. An interim notice was mailed to owners on August 28, 2015. The recall began on December 24, 2015. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-745-8000. DTNA's number for this recall is FL-685.
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 901 notices in the record whose component field names structure. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 42 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The same recall in other countries
This campaign carries a manufacturer code that also appears in another country’s register, which means the same defect was recalled there too.
- Canada: Transport Canada recall 2015290, recorded 29 June 2015 (7 days before the American filing)
Matched on FL685, the manufacturer’s own number for this campaign, which is the only field the registers share. Exact match, nothing paired on brand and date. The two dates are adjacent instruments rather than the same one, so a difference of a day or two means nothing.
How often the two countries file on the same day · The European alerts
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner C2 recalls: 115 US campaigns
- Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner Efx recalls: 42 US campaigns
- Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner HDX recalls: 78 US campaigns
- Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner MVP-Ef recalls: 4 US campaigns
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 15V425, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/15v425/
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.
The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
The fingerprint of this notice
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 15V425 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
faa3a74c - Consequence
d4bb76e8 - Remedy
1143b290
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.
The wording we hold for 15V425 · how the whole register is watched
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