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Thomas Built Buses HDX

Every Thomas Built Buses HDX model year on file, 2001 to 2023. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years21 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years142001 to 2023
Recall campaigns26Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins789Summed across model years
By model year

The 2009 model year drew the most complaints, 2, 100% of the model's total

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

00.511.5220012003200520072009220112023
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Electrical system leads the Thomas Built Buses HDX complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Electrical system
1
Lighting
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Thomas Built Buses HDX 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 HDX by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2023Not decoded0NoneNone100
2015Not decoded0NoneNone1089
2012Not decoded0NoneNone1090
2011Not decoded0NoneNone6087
2010Not decoded0NoneNone8188
2009Bus250.01336185
2008Not decoded0NoneNone8287
2007Not decoded0NoneNone12288
2006Not decoded0NoneNone12387
2005Not decoded0NoneNone8283
2004Not decoded0NoneNone712
2003Not decoded0NoneNone401
2002Not decoded0NoneNone201
2001Not decoded0NoneNone201
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Thomas Built Buses HDX

  • 23V-259 Apr 7, 2023
    Tie rod may be missing a fastener, allowing the steer arm to detach
    Steering · 48 vehicles
  • 14V-566 Sep 17, 2014
    Cummins ISB or ISL engines in these vehicles may have been equipped with Fleetguard UFF-XT fuel filters, part number FF63009, whose filter shell…
    Fuel system · 6,759 vehicles
  • 11V-455 Aug 31, 2011
    Intake air grid heater may short circuit and fail due to excessive internal temperatures
    Engine and cooling · 43 vehicles
  • 10V-487 Oct 14, 2010
    Weld which holds the mounting tab to the shock body was improperly welded and can break
    Seats · 6 vehicles
  • 10V-486 Oct 14, 2010
    Weld which holds the mounting tab to the shock body was improperly welded and can break
    Seats · 294 vehicles
  • 10V-340 Jul 27, 2010
    Intake air grid heater may short circuit and fail due to excessive internal temperatures
    Engine and cooling · 5,445 vehicles
  • 10V-292 Jun 29, 2010
    Seat cushion locking mechanisms were misaligned during vehicle assembly
    Seats · 2 vehicles
  • 10V-184 May 3, 2010
    Heater coolant flow valve actuator 0-ring may allow coolant leakage into the heater core compartment and the actuator pc board area potentially…
    Electrical system · 118 vehicles
  • 10V-183 May 3, 2010
    Heater coolant flow valve actuator 0-ring may allow coolant leakage into the heater core compartment and the actuator pc board area potentially…
    Electrical system · 1,515 vehicles
  • 10V-058 Feb 23, 2010
    Buses fail to conform to the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 222, "school bus passenger seating and crash protection."…
    Seats · 100 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.