NHTSA recall 05V208000
Vehicle speed control
Thomas Er and 1 more
Reported Apr 27, 2005153 vehicles affectedFREIGHTLINER LLCMaker’s number FL-450Built Nov 1, 2002 – Feb 28, 2005
The defect
Certain my 2002-2005 thomas built saf-t-liner er school buses and er transit buses manufactured between november 2002 and february 2005 and equipped with john deere 8.1L compressed natural gas engines models hfn01 and hfn03. the engine control unit and throttle can unexpectedly surge. these units fail to conform to federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 124, accelerator control systems.
The risk
A sudden engine surge could possibly result in a vehicle crash.
The remedy
John deere will notify the customers of freightliner/thomas built and will update the engine control unit software free of charge. owners may contact john deere at 1-800-jd-engine.