Hometown Trolley Mainstreet, Hometown Trolley Streetcar, Hometown Trolley Villager, model years 2016 to 2017. Filed by Double K Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 20 September 2017. 16 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Double K Inc. (Double K) is recalling certain 2016-2017 Hometown Trolley Villager, Mainstreet, and Streetcar trackless trolley buses, equipped with Recaro Commercial Bus Driver Seats, models Ergo R, Ergo D, AM71, AM72 and AM80. In the affected seats, the seat belt buckle may be stuck in the locked position, preventing …
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The maker's own number for this recall: 17E035. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 17V582 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 17V582 cover?
- Hometown Trolley Mainstreet, Hometown Trolley Streetcar, Hometown Trolley Villager, model years 2016-2017.
- What is wrong with them?
- Double K Inc. (Double K) is recalling certain 2016-2017 Hometown Trolley Villager, Mainstreet, and Streetcar trackless trolley buses, equipped with Recaro Commercial Bus Driver Seats, models Ergo R, Ergo D, AM71, AM72 and AM80.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the seat belt cannot be latched, the bus may be operated without the seat belt being used, increasing the risk of injury in the event of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Double K will notify owners, and dealers will replace the buckle housings, free of charge. The recall began on November 10, 2017. Owners may contact Recaro customer service at 1-248-364-3818 or Double K customer service at 1-715-478-5090. Double K's number for this recall is 17E035.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. The maker calls this recall 17E035, 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: “If the seat belt cannot be latched, the bus may be operated without the seat belt being used, increasing the risk of injury in the event of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 17V582 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Double K Inc. |
| System at fault | Seat Belts:Front:Buckle Assembly |
| Reported to NHTSA | 20 September 2017 |
| Model years | 2016-2017 |
| Vehicles named | HOMETOWN TROLLEY MAINSTREET, HOMETOWN TROLLEY STREETCAR, HOMETOWN TROLLEY VILLAGER |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the seat belt cannot be latched, the bus may be operated without the seat belt being used, increasing the risk of injury in the event of a crash.
The remedy
Double K will notify owners, and dealers will replace the buckle housings, free of charge. The recall began on November 10, 2017. Owners may contact Recaro customer service at 1-248-364-3818 or Double K customer service at 1-715-478-5090. Double K's number for this recall is 17E035.
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 451 notices in the record whose component field names seat belts. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 48 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Hometown Trolley Mainstreet recalls: 3 US campaigns
- Hometown Trolley Streetcar recalls: 3 US campaigns
- Hometown Trolley Villager recalls: 6 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 17V582, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/17v582/
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.
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 17V582 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
ce25d87a - Consequence
25431732 - 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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