Van Hool recall: Seat belts
What is wrong
Van Hool N.V. (Van Hool) is recalling certain 2024 CX45 vehicles. The seat belt assembly attachment screw may break.
What could happen
An unanchored seat belt may not properly restrain an occupant during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
The fix
Dealers will inspect and replace seat belt assembly screw on passenger seats, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed February 16, 2024. Owners may contact Van Hool customer service at 1-877-427-7278 or 1-407-656-7977.
Vehicles covered
- Van Hool Cx45 2024
Facts
- NHTSA recall number
- 23V861000
- Type
- Vehicle
- Filed by
- Van Hool N.V.
- Reported to NHTSA
- Dec 19, 2023
- Owners notified
- Feb 16, 2024
- Vehicles or items affected
- 64
- Started by
- The manufacturer
- Built
- –
- Part
- Seat belts › Critical fasteners
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.nhtsa.gov. Please be reminded of the following requirements:You are required to submit a draft owner notification letter to this office no less than five days prior to mailing it to the customers.Also, copies of all notices, bulletins, dealer notifications, and other communications that relate to this recall, including a copy of the final owner notification letter and any subsequent owner follow-up notification letter(s), are required to be submitted to this office no later than 5 days after they are originally sent (if they are sent to more than one manufacturer, distributor, dealer, or purchaser/owner).Please be reminded that under 49 U.S.C. § 30112(a)(3), it is illegal for a manufacturer, to sell, offer for sale, import, or introduce or deliver into interstate commerce, a motor vehicle or item of motor vehicle equipment that contains a safety defect once the manufacturer has notified NHTSA about that safety defect.This prohibition does not apply once the motor vehicle or motor vehicle equipment has been remedied according to the manufacturer's instructions.As stated in 49 U.S.C. § 30118(f), submission of eight consecutive quarterly reports followed by three annual reports is required. As described in 573.7, submission of the first of eight consecutive quarterly status reports is required within one month after the close of the calendar quarter in which notification to purchasers occurs. Therefore, the first quarterly report will be due on, or before, 30 days after the close of the calendar quarter. The first of three consecutive annual status reports will be due on, or before, 1 year after the eighth quarterly report was submitted.
Other recalls for the same vehicles
- Van Hool recall: Visibility Mar 26, 2026
- Van Hool recall: Equipment May 13, 2024
- Van Hool recall: Fuel system, diesel Dec 20, 2021
- Van Hool recall: Equipment adaptive/mobility Oct 14, 2021
- Van Hool recall: Fuel system, diesel May 25, 2021
- Van Hool recall: Seat belts Mar 30, 2018
To check one car, enter its 17-character VIN on the official NHTSA page: a recall may cover only some vehicles of a model year.
Recall data: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Nebula is not affiliated with or endorsed by NHTSA.