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2021 Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner EFX

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 19, 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?

7 recalls for the 2021 Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner EFX 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 19, 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 Oct 2, 2018 to Feb 24, 2021.

  • NHTSA campaign 24V-555

The whole recall, in NHTSA’s words

Oct 12, 2022. Structure: body: roof and pillars

NHTSA counts 17,613 potentially involved, across everything this recall names.

  • NHTSA campaign 22V-762

The whole recall, in NHTSA’s words

Jul 19, 2022. Seats: mid/rear assembly; seats

NHTSA counts 1,806 potentially involved, across everything this recall names.

  • NHTSA campaign 22V-510

The whole recall, in NHTSA’s words

Mar 11, 2022. Seats: critical fasteners

NHTSA counts 539 potentially involved, across everything this recall names.

  • NHTSA campaign 22V-153

The whole recall, in NHTSA’s words

Nov 2, 2021. Electrical system: alternator/generator/regulator

NHTSA counts 1,434 potentially involved, across everything this recall names.

  • NHTSA campaign 21V-850

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

Jan 20, 2021. Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: disc: caliper

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

  • NHTSA campaign 21V-017

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 18, 2026. Updated daily.

How did it do in crash tests?

NHTSA hasn’t rated the 2021 Thomas Built Buses SAF-T-Liner EFX 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 19, 2026 and checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

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

    Released Oct 18, 2026 and checked Oct 19, 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 19, 2026.

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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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