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."
The risk
Unsecured passengers have an increased risk of injury in the event of a crash.
The remedy
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 own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Tiffin Allegro | 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 |
| Tiffin Allegro Breeze | 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 |
| Tiffin Allegro Bus | 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 |
| Tiffin Allegro RED | 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 |
| Tiffin Phaeton | 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 |
| Tiffin Zephyr | 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 |
Components: SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER:ANCHORAGE
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tiffin Allegro | 2018 | 4 | 3 |
| Tiffin Allegro | 2019 | 2 | 2 |
| Tiffin Allegro | 2020 | 1 | 2 |
| Tiffin Allegro | 2021 | 5 | 5 |
| Tiffin Allegro | 2022 | 3 | 5 |
| Tiffin Allegro Breeze | 2018 | 2 | 2 |
| Tiffin Allegro Breeze | 2019 | 0 | 2 |
| Tiffin Allegro Breeze | 2020 | 0 | 3 |
| Tiffin Allegro Breeze | 2021 | 1 | 4 |
| Tiffin Allegro Breeze | 2022 | 0 | 6 |
| Tiffin Allegro Bus | 2018 | 1 | 2 |
| Tiffin Allegro Bus | 2019 | 0 | 2 |
| Tiffin Allegro Bus | 2020 | 2 | 2 |
| Tiffin Allegro Bus | 2021 | 0 | 2 |
| Tiffin Allegro Bus | 2022 | 0 | 7 |
| Tiffin Allegro RED | 2018 | 3 | 3 |
| Tiffin Allegro RED | 2019 | 1 | 2 |
| Tiffin Allegro RED | 2020 | 5 | 2 |
| Tiffin Allegro RED | 2021 | 6 | 3 |
| Tiffin Allegro RED | 2022 | 1 | 3 |
| Tiffin Phaeton | 2018 | 3 | 5 |
| Tiffin Phaeton | 2019 | 4 | 4 |
| Tiffin Phaeton | 2020 | 2 | 3 |
| Tiffin Phaeton | 2021 | 3 | 7 |
| Tiffin Phaeton | 2022 | 6 | 10 |
| Tiffin Zephyr | 2018 | 0 | 6 |
| Tiffin Zephyr | 2019 | 0 | 5 |
| Tiffin Zephyr | 2020 | 0 | 3 |
| Tiffin Zephyr | 2021 | 0 | 2 |
Other seat belts recalls in 2021
42 of the 988 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2021 concerned the seat belts; Tiffin Motorhomes, Inc. filed 71 campaigns in all.
| 21V979000 16 Dec 2021 | Ford Motor Company |
| 21V958000 9 Dec 2021 | Nissan North America, Inc. |
| 21V900000 18 Nov 2021 | Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) |
| 21V889000 17 Nov 2021 | Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing |
| 21V893000 17 Nov 2021 | Jayco, Inc. |
| 21V811000 15 Oct 2021 | Ford Motor Company |
| 21V796000 13 Oct 2021 | Hyundai Motor America |
| 21V703000 10 Sept 2021 | Maserati North America, Inc. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2021