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Thomas Built Buses C2

Every Thomas Built Buses C2 model year on file, 2006 to 2010. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years81 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years32006 to 2010
Recall campaigns9Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins97Summed across model years
By model year

The 2007 model year drew the most complaints, 6, 75% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

02462006200762010
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Visibility and wipers leads the Thomas Built Buses C2 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Visibility and wipers
4
Brakes
2
Structure
1
Lighting
1
Engine and cooling
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Thomas Built Buses C2 model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Thomas Built Buses C2 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2010Bus1100.01002079
2007Bus60.0600629
2006Not decoded10.0100629
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Thomas Built Buses C2

  • 09V-394 Oct 2, 2009
    Change to the wire used in the led light kits may reduce the effective life of the lights used on the stop arms
    Other or unknown · 2,922 vehicles
  • 09V-355 Sep 15, 2009
    Weld around the steering shaft tube that secures the spline tube to the intermediate tube may be mislocated (i.e., not fully over the seam created…
    Steering · 1,505 vehicles
  • 08V-432 Aug 25, 2008
    Anti-stow interlock may not detect the presence of a wheelchair or mobility aid user
    Adaptive equipment · 1,046 vehicles
  • 08V-430 Aug 25, 2008
    These buses fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 404, "platform lift installations in motor…
    Adaptive equipment · 1,419 vehicles
  • 07V-135 Mar 23, 2007
    Certain my 2006 and 2007 thomas built minotour, fs-65, c2, hdx, and ef school buses manufactured between january 6 and september 6, 2006, equipped…
    Adaptive equipment · 329 vehicles
  • 07V-002 Jan 4, 2007
    Certain thomas built 2006 and 2007 c2 school buses manufactured between december 21, 2005, and september 4, 2006
    Other or unknown · 1,441 vehicles
  • 06V-496 Dec 29, 2006
    Certain thomas built 2006 and 2007 c2 school buses manufactured between december 21, 2005, and september 4, 2006
    Other or unknown · 2,108 vehicles
  • 06V-205 Jun 12, 2006
    Certain heavy trucks, shuttle buses, and school buses equipped with bendix modulated spring brake valves
    Brakes · 5,243 vehicles
  • 06V-085 Mar 28, 2006
    Certain my 2004-2006 freightliner custom chassis b2 school buses and thomas built c2 school buses built with air or hydraulic brakes with a one…
    Brakes · 250 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.