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Thomas MVP ER

Every Thomas MVP ER model year on file, 1996 to 2008. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years11 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years131996 to 2008
Recall campaigns20Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins3Summed across model years
By model year

The 2001 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 100% of the model's total

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

00.250.50.75119961998200012002200420062008
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Engine and cooling leads the Thomas MVP ER complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Engine and cooling
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Thomas MVP ER 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 MVP ER by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2008Not decoded0NoneNone321
2007Not decoded0NoneNone320
2006Not decoded0NoneNone320
2005Not decoded0NoneNone520
2004Not decoded0NoneNone630
2003Not decoded0NoneNone840
2002Not decoded0NoneNone940
2001Bus1100.01001250
2000Not decoded0NoneNone1230
1999Not decoded0NoneNone920
1998Not decoded0NoneNone720
1997Not decoded0NoneNone610
1996Not decoded0NoneNone412
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Thomas MVP ER

  • 08V-622 Nov 26, 2008
    Solid state circuit breakers may trip unnecessarily potentially resulting in a loss of power to the bus chassis and body electrical circuits…
    Electrical system · 18k vehicles
  • 08V-356 Jul 30, 2008
    Un-fused power cables were tie-wrapped to a wire braid engine fuel return hose
    Engine and cooling · 3,773 vehicles
  • 08V-087 Feb 26, 2008
    (additional buses have been added to this recall campaign
    Structure · 243k vehicles
  • 07V-544 Nov 29, 2007
    Certain 2001 through 2008 thomas built fs-56, er, mvp er, hdx, and mvp ef school buses manufactured from october 23, 2000, through january 24,…
    Electrical system · 33k vehicles
  • 07V-137 Mar 23, 2007
    Certain my 2000 through 2003 thomas built hdx and mvp-er school buses manufactured between april 23, 2000, and november 14, 2003
    Brakes · 3,000 vehicles
  • 05V-347 Aug 3, 2005
    Certain 2002-2005 my thomas built minotour, conventional, mvp-er, er, hdx, and mvp-ef model school buses manufactured between january 8, 2002, and…
    Other or unknown · 5,954 vehicles
  • 05V-340 Jul 25, 2005
    Certain 2002-2005 my thomas built minotour, conventional, mvp-er, er, hdx, and mvp-ef model school buses manufactured between january 8, 2002, and…
    Other or unknown · 14k vehicles
  • 05V-205 Apr 27, 2005
    Certain 1998-2003 my freightliner fs-65 school bus chassis and mb-45, mb-55, and xb shuttle bus chassis, and thomas built bus: mvp-er and mvp-ef…
    Fuel system · 16k vehicles
  • 05V-137 Apr 1, 2005
    Certain 2001-2004 my thomas built mvp-ef, er transit, mvp-er, hd, and hdx school buses manufactured between september 24, 2000, and march 4, 2004
    Steering · 4,819 vehicles
  • 02V-160-009 Oct 31, 2002
    On certain school or transit buses with passenger seat belts with retractors, the cover halves for the retractable portion of the belt can…
    Seat belts · 2,371 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.