Electrical system: ignition: module; engine and engine cooling: engine (Thomas Built Buses)
Vehicle recall 15V-623. NHTSA received Daimler Trucks North America LLC’s report on Oct 5, 2015.
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NHTSA received Daimler Trucks North America LLC’s report on Oct 5, 2015. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 26, 2026.
Every line below is in NHTSA’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
An engine that stalls without warning increases the risk of a crash.
Daimler Trucks North America LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain model year 2016 Thomas Built Bus Saf-T-Liner C2 school buses manufactured August 6, 2015, to August 20, 2015, and equipped with certain Cummins ISB6.7 engines whose engine control module (ECM) may short circuit and blow a fuse resulting in the engine stalling without warning.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 26, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Electrical system: ignition: module.
- NHTSA’s part: Engine and engine cooling: engine.
What should you do?
DTNA will notify owners, and dealers will replace the ECM, free of charge. The recall began on October 22, 2015. Owners may contact DTNA customer service at 1-800-745-8000. DTNA’s number for this recall is FL-690.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 26, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 4 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
Each model year opens its own page: every recall naming it, its owner complaints and its crash ratings.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 26, 2026. Updated daily.
- Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner C22016
Who is recalling it?
- Made by Daimler Trucks North America LLC.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 26, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- NHTSA’s recall file doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt. Owners’ complaints are counted on each vehicle’s page.
- Whether one vehicle or seat has been fixed: only its maker, or NHTSA’s lookup with a VIN, can say.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
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Sources
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file (FLAT_RCL_POST_2010).
Released Oct 26, 2026 and checked Oct 26, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
Vehicle, car seat, tire and vehicle equipment recalls, owner complaints and crash ratings are from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Copied on Oct 26, 2026.