Tiffin Seat Belts: Anchorage

Tiffin is recalling about 10,409 vehicles over a problem with the seat belts. Unsecured passengers have an increased risk of injury in the event of a crash.

Campaign
21V680000
Manufacturer
Tiffin Motorhomes, Inc.
Reported
5 November 2021
Vehicles
10,409
Built between
Not published
Models
6
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
29 October 2021
Repaired
44%
Unrepaired
5,800

Does this affect my vehicle?

The manufacturer did not publish a build-date range for this recall, so the model and year list below is the only way to tell whether your vehicle is covered.

  • 2018-2022 Tiffin Allegro
  • 2018-2022 Tiffin Allegro Breeze
  • 2018-2022 Tiffin Allegro BUS
  • 2018-2022 Tiffin Allegro RED
  • 2018-2022 Tiffin Phaeton
  • 2018-2021 Tiffin Zephyr

Repair progress

5,800 of 10,409 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q3 2023.

44% repaired — 4,609 of 10,409 reported

Manufacturers file these figures with NHTSA each quarter. Vehicles the manufacturer could not trace, or that have been scrapped or exported, are counted separately and are not included in the unrepaired figure.

What the defect is

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 could happen

Unsecured passengers have an increased risk of injury in the event of a crash.

What gets fixed

Dealers will inspect and repair the seat belts as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed October 29, 2021.

Parts involved

  • Seat beltA belt/strap that secures a person in a seating position while traveling in a vehicle.

Part numbers are as filed by the manufacturer and are listed for reference. Your dealer will confirm the correct part for your vehicle.

Timeline

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA5 November 2021
  2. Owners notified29 October 2021
  3. Latest repair reportQ3 2023 — 44% repaired

Your rights

A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.

That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 5 November 2021.

To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.

Manufacturer contact

Owners may contact Tiffin customer service at 1-256-356-8661. Tiffin's number for this recall is TIF-118.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
TIF-118
Recalling manufacturer
Tiffin Motorhomes, Inc.
Safety standard
FMVSS 210
Recall initiated by
MFR

Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

Additional 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.

Check your own vehicle

This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.

A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.

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