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2008 Thomas Built Buses Ef Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Sep 17, 2009
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Sep 17, 2009

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2008 Thomas Built Buses Ef. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

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Driver assistance
Filed Sep 17, 2009

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 THOMAS BUILT BUS ENGINE FRONT (EF). THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS IN THE DEPRESSED POSITION. THE PEDAL ALSO BECAME STUCK IN THAT POSITION. THERE WAS EXTREME PRESSURE APPLIED TO THE BRAKE PEDAL, FOLLOWED BY NO RESPONSE. THE PARKING BRAKE RAPIDLY ENGAGED AND THE GEAR SHIFT WAS PLACED IN THE "NEUTRAL" POSITION IN ORDER TO SLOW DOWN AND STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION WITH CAUTION. A CERTIFIED TECHNICIAN REPAIRED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 37.920. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 38,090. UPDATED 10/21/09 *BF UPDATED 10/20/09. *JB

NHTSA ID
10284415
Incident
Sep 16, 2009
Mileage
37,920 mi

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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