Van Hool C2045, Van Hool C3045, Van Hool Cx35, Van Hool Cx45, Van Hool T2140, Van Hool T2145, model years 2009 to 2016. Filed by Van Hool N.V. and reported to NHTSA on 29 November 2016. 1,612 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Van Hool N.V. (Van Hool) is recalling certain model year 2010-2014 C2045 and T2145; 2010 C3045; 2016 CX35; 2014-2016 CX45 and TX45; 2009-2016 TD925; 2015-2016 TDX25 and TX40 and 2010-2013 T2140 motorcoaches. In the affected vehicles, the front steering knuckle carriers may crack.
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
Van Hool's own number for this recall: P855. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 16V857 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 16V857 cover?
- Van Hool C2045, Van Hool C3045, Van Hool CX35, Van Hool CX45, Van Hool T2140, Van Hool T2145, Van Hool TD925, Van Hool TDX25, model years 2009-2016.
- What is wrong with them?
- Van Hool N.V. (Van Hool) is recalling certain model year 2010-2014 C2045 and T2145; 2010 C3045; 2016 CX35; 2014-2016 CX45 and TX45; 2009-2016 TD925; 2015-2016 TDX25 and TX40 and 2010-2013 T2140 motorcoaches. In the affected vehicles, the front steering knuckle carriers may crack.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Cracking of a steering knuckle carrier may result in its total failure, allowing a wheel to separate from the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Van Hool will notify owners, and dealers will replace the steering knuckle carriers that were produced from August 2009 through March 2011. Carriers that were produced from April 2011 to December 2014 will be inspected by ultrasonic measurement and replaced as necessary.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Van Hool calls this recall P855, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “Cracking of a steering knuckle carrier may result in its total failure, allowing a wheel to separate from the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 16V857 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Van Hool N.V. |
| System at fault | Steering |
| Reported to NHTSA | 29 November 2016 |
| Model years | 2009-2016 |
| Vehicles named | VAN HOOL C2045, VAN HOOL C3045, VAN HOOL CX35, VAN HOOL CX45, VAN HOOL T2140, VAN HOOL T2145, VAN HOOL TD925, VAN HOOL TDX25, VAN HOOL TX40, VAN HOOL TX45 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
Cracking of a steering knuckle carrier may result in its total failure, allowing a wheel to separate from the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Van Hool will notify owners, and dealers will replace the steering knuckle carriers that were produced from August 2009 through March 2011. Carriers that were produced from April 2011 to December 2014 will be inspected by ultrasonic measurement and replaced as necessary. These repairs will be performed free of charge. The recall began on January 19, 2017. Owners may contact ABC Bus, Inc. at 1-877-427-7278. Van Hool's number for this recall is P855. Note: This recall expands recalls 14V-569 and 15V-331.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 745 notices in the record whose component field names steering. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 39 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Van Hool C2045 recalls: 11 US campaigns
- Van Hool CX35 recalls: 5 US campaigns
- Van Hool CX45 recalls: 10 US campaigns
- Van Hool T2140 recalls: 6 US campaigns
- Van Hool T2145 recalls: 9 US campaigns
- Van Hool TD925 recalls: 14 US campaigns
- Van Hool TDX25 recalls: 10 US campaigns
- Van Hool TX40 recalls: 5 US campaigns
- Van Hool TX45 recalls: 9 US campaigns
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 16V857, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/16v857/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
Other Van Hool notices we hold
- 23V861: 2024 CX45
- 22V502: 2021 TDX25 motorcoaches
- 21V995: 2020-2021 CX45, TX45, and 2021 TDX25
- 21V799: 2000-2014 C2045, 2016 CX45, and 1998-2013 T2145
- 21V385: 2018-2021 CX35, TDX25, 2018-2019 CX45, TX45, 2021 AG300, and 2018 TD925
- 18V882: 2015-2018 Van Hool TD925 and TDX25
- 18V209: 2015-2018 CX45, TD925, TDX25, TX40, TX45, and 2016-2018 CX35 motorcoaches
- 15V743: model year 2015-2016 TD925
All 16 Van Hool campaigns we hold · Every manufacturer in the record
The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 16V857 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
7049ee41 - Consequence
0ba94098 - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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