NHTSA recall 00V360000
Unknown or other
Thomas Conventional
Reported Nov 3, 200011,500 vehicles affectedTHOMAS BUILT BUSES, INC.Built Jan 1, 1977 – Oct 15, 2000
The defect
Vehicle description: certain school buses equipped with a storage compartment overhead to the left of the driver fail to meet fmvss no. 222, "school bus passenger seating and crash protection."
The risk
Contact with this storage compartment does not meet the impact zone requirements of the standard.
The remedy
Dealers will add padding to the sides of the storage compartment. owner notification began february 8, 2002. owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact thomas built at 1-336-889-4871.