Recall · 24V324000
Forest River Bus recalled 2 models over seats
58
Vehicles covered
2
Models
2
Model years
May 10, 2024
Filed with NHTSA
SEATS
- The defect
- Forest River Bus, LLC. (Forest River) is recalling certain 2024 Glaval Universal and Mobility Trans Safetbus transit buses, equipped with certain GO-ES Space Saver Foldaway Seats. The recliner mechanism may not engage when the seat back is fully reclined. 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
- The seat back could release under the shoulder belt load, increasing the risk of injury during a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect and repair the seat, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed May 22, 2024. Owners may contact Forest River Customer Service at 1-800-348-7440. Forest River's number for this recall is 51-1774.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Glaval BusUniversal | 2024 | Not published here |
| Mobility TransSafetbus | 2024 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 58 vehicles this is a small campaign: 76% 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 one model year, 2024, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2024, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
Glaval Bus vehicles have been recalled over the seats 2 times before this, most recently in September 2017 as 17V585000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 3 other recalls published here: 26V565000 (equipment adaptive/mobility), 25V278000 (electrical system), 24V253000 (service brakes, hydraulic).
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 Forest River Bus, LLC with NHTSA on May 10, 2024 as campaign 24V324000. 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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