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Thomas SCHOOL BUS: model passport

Everything our database knows about the Thomas SCHOOL BUS: salvage auction lots, owner complaints to NHTSA, recalls, crash-test stars and real sale prices.

Owner complaints to NHTSA

30 complaints about the Thomas SCHOOL BUS (all model years) sent by owners to the US road safety regulator.

Complaints30
With a crash1
With a fire3
Injured11
Deaths0
What fails: complaints by system
  1. Exterior lighting 11 37%
  2. Seats and seat belts
    median 45,127 mi at failure
    5 17%
  3. Electrical system
    median 72,354 mi at failure
    4 13%
  4. Engine and cooling
    median 58,335 mi at failure
    2 7%
  5. Brakes
    median 91,084 mi at failure
    2 7%
  6. Visibility, wipers, sunroof 1 3%
  7. Fuel and propulsion 1 3%
  8. Speed control 1 3%
  9. Suspension 1 3%
  10. Body and structure 1 3%
Complaints by model year
1996
11
2000
2005
2010
2011

Recalls

22 recall campaigns for the Thomas SCHOOL BUS.

Recall campaigns by model year
121990
1995
2000
2004

Sources: our Copart lot database; NHTSA owner complaints, recalls and NCAP; open sale records of US cities and the US Treasury. Complaints are reports from owners, not confirmed defects; more popular models get more of them. Median: half are below, half above.