Recall · 20V424000
Thor Motor Coach recalled 2 models over seat belts
49
Vehicles covered
2
Models
4
Model years
July 22, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
SEAT BELTS: REAR/OTHER:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
- The defect
- Thor Motor Coach (TMC) is recalling certain 2020-2021 Sequence and Tellaro motorhomes. The dinette booth seat belts may be too short preventing them from being usable by some occupants. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) numbers 208, "Occupant Crash Protection" and 209, "Seat Belt Assemblies."
- What it can cause
- Inability to use the seat belt may increase the risk of injury in the event of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- TMC will notify owners, and dealers will replace the 18-inch seat belt tether with a 24-inch tether on both sides of the dinette booth, free of charge. This recall began September 16, 2020. Owners may contact TMC customer service at 1-877-855-2867. TMC's number for this recall is RC000198.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Thor Motor CoachSequence | 2020 to 2021 | Not published here |
| Thor Motor CoachTellaro | 2020 to 2021 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 49 vehicles this is a small campaign: 78% 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 2020 to 2021, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2020, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
Thor Motor Coach vehicles have been recalled over the seat belts 2 times before this, most recently in March 2020 as 20V169000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 3 other recalls published here: 23V285000 (fuel system, gasoline), 20V169000 (seat belts), 20V148000 (power train).
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 Thor Motor Coach with NHTSA on July 22, 2020 as campaign 20V424000. 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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