Vehicle recall 00V360000 · November 3, 2000
1977-2000 Thomas Conventional
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…
Source: NHTSA data as of September 22, 2026. Last refreshed Sep 23, 2026, 2:43 AM UTC.
- Summary
- 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."
- Consequence
- Contact with this storage compartment does not meet the impact zone requirements of the standard.
- 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.
- Notes
- Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).
Recall details
- NHTSA campaign
- 00V360000
- Reported to NHTSA
- November 3, 2000
- Filed by
- THOMAS BUILT BUSES, INC.
- Owner notification
- February 8, 2002
- Vehicles potentially affected
- 11,500
- Initiated by
- the manufacturer
- Components
- Unknown or other
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