Thomas Built these school buses may have been manufactured with an incorrect passenger seat configuration that does not provide the proper amount of seat back protection.
The short version
Daimler Trucks North America, LLC reported a problem with the seats. Here is what owners need to know.
These school buses may have been manufactured with an incorrect passenger seat configuration that does not provide the proper amount of seat back protection. As such, these school buses fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 222, "School Bus Passenger Seating and Crash Protection."
In the event of a crash, the seats may not adequately protect the occupants, increasing the risk of injury.
Take it to a dealer — they will replace the rear passenger seats, free of charge.
Affected vehicles
These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 21V-462.
| YEAR RANGE | MODEL |
|---|---|
| 2018–2022 | Thomas Built HDX |
What changed
Newest first. The record shows both when the recall began and what has changed since.
- Recall reported to NHTSA. LATEST
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Data from the NHTSA recall database. A clean VIN check means no open federal recalls for that vehicle — not that it never had one.
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