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2021 Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner C2

Model year 2021: every recall NHTSA’s file names for it, the complaints owners made to NHTSA, and its crash ratings.

NHTSA’s recall lookup, on nhtsa.gov

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The short answer

From NHTSA’s files, copied Oct 28, 2026.

A recall covers the vehicles it names, by build date where NHTSA gives one. Your VIN says which are open on yours.

Is your vehicle in one of these recalls?

No public file says which recalls are still open on one vehicle. NHTSA’s lookup does, from its VIN.

17 letters and numbers, at the bottom of the windshield on the driver’s side. VINs never use I, O or Q.

Source:

The VIN goes to NHTSA, never to Hearth Record.

What recalls name it?

15 recalls for the 2021 Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner C2 in NHTSA’s file, newest first. Each covers the vehicles it names; your VIN says if yours is one.

None carries NHTSA’s advice not to drive it or to park outside.

Source:

NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.

Jul 24, 2024. Equipment: other: labels

NHTSA counts 27,494 potentially involved, across everything this recall names. The ones named here were built from Jan 22, 2018 to Feb 23, 2021.

  • NHTSA campaign 24V-555

The whole recall, in NHTSA’s words

Oct 3, 2023. Structure: emergency: escape/egress/exit: latching/release system

NHTSA counts 20,668 potentially involved, across everything this recall names.

  • NHTSA campaign 23V-669

The whole recall, in NHTSA’s words

Oct 3, 2023. Structure: emergency: escape/egress/exit: latching/release system

NHTSA counts 173 potentially involved, across everything this recall names.

  • NHTSA campaign 23V-670

The whole recall, in NHTSA’s words

Sep 13, 2023. Electrical system

NHTSA counts 380 potentially involved, across everything this recall names.

  • NHTSA campaign 23V-209

The whole recall, in NHTSA’s words

May 9, 2023. Structure: body

NHTSA counts 23,590 potentially involved, across everything this recall names.

  • NHTSA campaign 23V-333

The whole recall, in NHTSA’s words

Jun 20, 2022. Engine and engine cooling: engine: engine control module (ecu/ecm)

NHTSA counts 461 potentially involved, across everything this recall names.

  • NHTSA campaign 22V-438

The whole recall, in NHTSA’s words

Jul 20, 2021. Parking brake: electrical: switch

NHTSA counts 267 potentially involved, across everything this recall names.

  • NHTSA campaign 21V-547

The whole recall, in NHTSA’s words

May 19, 2021. Steering: linkages: tie rod assembly

NHTSA counts 479 potentially involved, across everything this recall names.

  • NHTSA campaign 21V-370

The whole recall, in NHTSA’s words

Apr 12, 2021. Steering: critical fasteners; steering: linkages: tie rod assembly

NHTSA counts 1,252 potentially involved, across everything this recall names.

  • NHTSA campaign 21V-255

The whole recall, in NHTSA’s words

Mar 24, 2021. Tires: valve

NHTSA counts 22 potentially involved, across everything this recall names.

  • NHTSA campaign 21V-207

The whole recall, in NHTSA’s words

Feb 25, 2021. Engine and engine cooling: engine: engine control module (ecu/ecm): software; engine

NHTSA counts 159 potentially involved, across everything this recall names.

  • NHTSA campaign 21V-120

The whole recall, in NHTSA’s words

Dec 16, 2020. Parking brake: electrical: control module: software; service brakes, air; parking brake: conventional: air

NHTSA counts 28 potentially involved, across everything this recall names.

  • NHTSA campaign 20V-787

The whole recall, in NHTSA’s words

Jul 28, 2020. Service brakes

NHTSA counts 1,713 potentially involved, across everything this recall names. The ones named here were built from Mar 18, 2020 to May 22, 2020.

  • NHTSA campaign 20V-435

The whole recall, in NHTSA’s words

Feb 26, 2020. Other: school bus stop arm assembly; exterior lighting

NHTSA counts 6,010 potentially involved, across everything this recall names.

  • NHTSA campaign 20V-113

The whole recall, in NHTSA’s words

Dec 6, 2019. Engine and engine cooling: cooling system: fan

NHTSA counts 145 potentially involved, across everything this recall names. The ones named here were built from Jan 21, 2019 to Oct 11, 2019.

  • NHTSA campaign 19V-869

The whole recall, in NHTSA’s words

What have owners told NHTSA?

0 complaints to NHTSA.

  • None told of a crash, and none of a fire.
  • None reports anyone injured or killed.
  • Complaints are owners’ own reports, not findings: NHTSA reads them to decide what to look into. Only their counts are kept here; no complaint’s words or owner are read.
Source:

NHTSA, Owner complaints flat files. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.

How did it do in crash tests?

NHTSA hasn’t rated the 2021 Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner C2 in its 5-Star Safety Ratings. That says nothing about how it would do.

Source:

NHTSA, 5-Star Safety Ratings. Released Aug 7, 2026. Updated monthly.

What the record doesn’t say

  • Which recalls are still open on one vehicle: only NHTSA’s lookup, with its VIN, says that.
  • How serious each complaint was, or whether it was confirmed: complaints aren’t findings.
Source:

Hearth Record wrote these lines.

Sources

  • National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file (FLAT_RCL_POST_2010).

    Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

  • National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Owner complaints flat files.

    Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

  • National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 5-Star Safety Ratings.

    Released Aug 7, 2026 and checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

Source:

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 28, 2026.

How to read a record

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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