Recall · 20V102000
CHTC Bus Group recalled 2 models over equipment adaptive/mobility
4
Vehicles covered
2
Models
6
Model years
February 21, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY
- The defect
- CHTC Bus Group (CHTC) is recalling certain 2016-2018 HT-35 and HT-45 buses equipped with ADA wheel chair platform lifts. The lift devices have not completed the compliance certification process. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) numbers 403, "Platform Lift Devices" and 404, "Platform Lift Installations."
- What it can cause
- Lift devices that have not completed compliance certification cannot be assumed to be safe, increasing the risk of injury.
- What the dealer does
- CHTC has removed the non-compliant wheelchair platform lifts, thereby remedying all of the affected vehicles. Owner letters will not be sent. The recall began February 19, 2020. Owners may contact CHTC customer service at 1-909-993-0858.
- NHTSA's note
- 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.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| CHTC BusHT-35 | 2016 to 2018 | Not published here |
| CHTC BusHT-45 | 2016 to 2018 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 4 vehicles this is a small campaign: 96% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published are as large or larger. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2016 to 2018, so the oldest vehicles on it were 4 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by CHTC Bus Group with NHTSA on February 21, 2020 as campaign 20V102000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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