Kiel Avance: Seat belts

Date

Aug. 10, 2020

Filed by

Kiel N.A., L.L.C

Vehicles

Kiel Avance (years not listed)

Component

Seat Belts; Seats

Description of the defect

Kiel N.A., L.L.C (Kiel) is recalling certain Avance 2025, 2050 and 1030 passenger seats for motorcoaches. The mounting point of the seat belt retractor for the last row of seats may cause the seat belts retractors to not function properly. This applies to rear cross seat chassis part number 171731, 171732, 158777, and 158778 in combination with 3-point automatic belt Emergency Locking Retractor/Automatic Locking Retractor part number 513862. As such, these passenger seats fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 210, "Seat Belt Assembly Anchorages."

Potentially affected

437

What can happen

An improperly operating seat belt lock system increases chance of injury in the event of a crash.

Remedy

Kiel will notify owners, and dealers will install modifications to all of the affected last row seats, free of charge. The manufacturer has not provided a schedule for recall notification. Owners may contact Kiel customer service at 1-574-293-3600.

Recall notes

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.

Owner notification date

Aug. 19, 2020

Recall type

E (equipment)

FMVSS

210

Influenced by

MFR

Manufacturer's component

Baseframe · Seat chassis · 177302, 177303, 158777, 158778

Recall number

20E054000

What should I do? Car recall: how to check your car and get it fixed

Source: NHTSA · Vehicle record. View the agency notice. The agency notice governs; check it and the company before acting.