MCPS Bus Recall: The lack of impact absorption increases the risk of injury in the event of a crash.

Problem Description:
Daimler Trucks North America LLC (DTNA) is recalling certain 2014-2020 Thomas Built Saf-T-Liner EFX, Minotour, Saf-T-Liner
C2, and Saf-T-Liner HDX school buses equipped with SynTec S3B or S3C seats. The seats may have been manufactured with
styrene blocks that may not provide sufficient impact absorption in certain specific areas around the steel seat frame of the back
support. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number
222, "School Bus Passenger Seating and Crash Protection.


DEFECT REPORT AT THIS LINK.

   2019 Recall of MCPS School Buses by Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland on Scribd

https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2019/RCAK-19V712-6834.pdf