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Thomas Built Buses EF

Every Thomas Built Buses EF model year on file, 2004 to 2012. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years20 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years92004 to 2012
Recall campaigns3Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins10Summed across model years
By model year

The 2007 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 50% of the model's total

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

00.250.50.7512004200520062007120082009201020112012
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Speed control leads the Thomas Built Buses EF complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Speed control
1
Structure
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Thomas Built Buses EF 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 EF by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2012Not decoded0NoneNone102
2011Not decoded0NoneNone101
2010Not decoded0NoneNone031
2009Not decoded0NoneNone021
2008Bus10.0100021
2007Bus10.0100111
2006Not decoded0NoneNone221
2005Not decoded0NoneNone111
2004Not decoded0NoneNone111
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Thomas Built Buses EF

  • 11V-517 Oct 26, 2011
    Incorrect rivets may have been used to attach the handles that an occupant would use to open the window in the event of an emergency
    Structure · 90 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
  • 06V-136 Apr 25, 2006
    Certain my 2004 through 2006 thomas built hdx, ef, and fs-65 school buses manufactured between october 4, 2004, and february 14, 2006
    Electrical system · 12k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.