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2011 Thomas School Bus 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 Aug 21, 2014
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 May 30, 2014

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2011 Thomas School Bus. 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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Interior & seats
Filed Aug 21, 2014

BROKEN SEAT BACKS. 14 OUT OF 28 SEAT BACKS BROKEN. BUSSES DO NOT HAVE SEAT BELTS THIS IS THE SAFETY BARRIER FOR THE CHILDREN. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. THE SEAT MANUFACTURER IS DOING NOTHING TO CORRECT THE ISSUE. EVERY BUS WE PULL IN HAS MULTIPLE SEATS BROKEN. THIS IS ONLY A 4 YEAR OLD BUS!! *TR

NHTSA ID
10627151
Incident
Aug 21, 2014
Mileage
47,541 mi
Interior & seats
Filed May 30, 2014

SEAT BACKS BROKEN, SHEET METAL BACKING BREAKING AROUND THE SPOT WELDS WHERE IT IS SECURED TO THE TUBE FRAME. SYNTEC SEAT - MANUFACTURER. *TR

NHTSA ID
10595067
Incident
May 30, 2014
Mileage
45,127 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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