Prevost H3-41, Prevost H3-45, Prevost H3-45 Vip, Prevost X3-45, Prevost X3-45 Vip, Prevost X3-45 Vip Entertainer, model years 2008 to 2018. Filed by Prevost Cars, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 4 October 2017. 3,163 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Prevost Cars, Inc. (Prevost) is recalling certain 2008-2018 H3-41, H3-45, H3-45 VIP, X3-45, X3-45 VIP, X3-45 VIP Entertainer, and XL2 motor coaches. The fuel tank cradle supports may have gaps at the points where the cradle connects to the coach frame, which can allow the attachment bolts to loosen and fail causing …
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.
Prevost's own number for this recall: SR17-28. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 17V618 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 17V618 cover?
- Prevost H3-41, Prevost H3-45, Prevost H3-45 Vip, Prevost X3-45, Prevost X3-45 Vip, Prevost X3-45 Vip Entertainer, Prevost XL2, model years 2008-2018.
- What is wrong with them?
- Prevost Cars, Inc. (Prevost) is recalling certain 2008-2018 H3-41, H3-45, H3-45 VIP, X3-45, X3-45 VIP, X3-45 VIP Entertainer, and XL2 motor coaches.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the fuel tank separates from the vehicle, it could be a road hazard and the vehicle would stall. Either scenario increases the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Prevost will notify owners, and dealers will correct the fuel tank cradle mounting, free of charge. The recall began on December 4, 2017. Owners may contact Prevost customer service at 1-866-870-2046. Prevost's number for this recall is SR17-28.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Prevost calls this recall SR17-28, 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 fuel tank separates from the vehicle, it could be a road hazard and the vehicle would stall. Either scenario increases the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 17V618 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Prevost Cars, Inc. |
| System at fault | Fuel System, Diesel:Storage:Tank Assembly |
| Reported to NHTSA | 4 October 2017 |
| Model years | 2008-2018 |
| Vehicles named | PREVOST H3-41, PREVOST H3-45, PREVOST H3-45 VIP, PREVOST X3-45, PREVOST X3-45 VIP, PREVOST X3-45 VIP ENTERTAINER, PREVOST XL2 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the fuel tank separates from the vehicle, it could be a road hazard and the vehicle would stall. Either scenario increases the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Prevost will notify owners, and dealers will correct the fuel tank cradle mounting, free of charge. The recall began on December 4, 2017. Owners may contact Prevost customer service at 1-866-870-2046. Prevost's number for this recall is SR17-28.
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 197 notices in the record whose component field names fuel system, diesel. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 43 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Prevost H3-41 recalls: 14 US campaigns
- Prevost H3-45 recalls: 44 US campaigns
- Prevost H3-45 Vip recalls: 23 US campaigns
- Prevost X3-45 recalls: 47 US campaigns
- Prevost X3-45 Vip recalls: 13 US campaigns
- Prevost X3-45 Vip Entertainer recalls: 7 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 17V618, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/17v618/
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 Prevost notices we hold
- 26V095: 2026 H3-45 and H3-45 VIP
- 26V093: 2025-2026 X3-45 commuter buses
- 26E008: exterior driver side mirrors with part number 990648
- 25V738: 2025 X3-45 Commuter buses
- 25V461: 2018-2019 X3-45 Commuter
- 25V460: 2025 X3-45 and 2025-2026 H3-45 coach buses
- 25V290: one 2025 X3-45 VIP Entertainer
- 25V243: 2025 Prevost H3-45 and X3-45 motorcoaches
All 87 Prevost 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 17V618 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
8b177287 - Consequence
a44babc8 - 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.
The wording we hold for 17V618 · how the whole register is watched
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