Recall · 21V680000
Tiffin Motorhomes recalled 6 models over seat belts
10,409
Vehicles covered
6
Models
29
Model years
November 5, 2021
Filed with NHTSA
SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER:ANCHORAGE
- The defect
- Tiffin Motorhomes, Inc. (Tiffin) is recalling certain 2018-2022 Allegro Breeze, Allegro Red, Allegro, Allegro Bus, Phaeton, and 2018-2021 Zephyr recreational vehicles. The sofa seat belts may not have been installed correctly, which could result in unsecured passengers. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 210, "Seat Belt Assembly Anchorages."
- What it can cause
- Unsecured passengers have an increased risk of injury in the event of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect and repair the seat belts as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed October 29, 2021. Owners may contact Tiffin customer service at 1-256-356-8661. Tiffin's number for this recall is TIF-118.
- 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.nhtsa.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 |
|---|---|---|
| TiffinAllegro | 2018 to 2022 | Not published here |
| TiffinAllegro Breeze | 2018 to 2022 | Not published here |
| TiffinAllegro Bus | 2018 to 2022 | Not published here |
| TiffinAllegro RED | 2018 to 2022 | Not published here |
| TiffinPhaeton | 2018 to 2022 | Not published here |
| TiffinZephyr | 2018 to 2021 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 10,409 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 80% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2018 to 2022, so the oldest vehicles on it were 3 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Tiffin vehicles have been recalled over the seat belts 3 times before this, most recently in July 2014 as 14V431000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 4 of the 29 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 22 complaints with NHTSA, 1 of them before this campaign was filed. 1 of those name the seat belts, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 18 other recalls published here, the newest being: 24V566000 (electrical system), 24V036000 (seats), 23V643000 (equipment), 23V406000 (electrical system).
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 Tiffin Motorhomes, Inc. with NHTSA on November 5, 2021 as campaign 21V680000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
Compiled and maintained by guarledes . Data last checked 2021-11-05.
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