Diamond Coach Pt 2000, Diamond Coach Transit Mpv/Vtum, model year 2018. Filed by Diamond Coach Corporation and reported to NHTSA on 28 February 2019. 12 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Diamond Coach Corporation (Diamond Coach) is recalling certain 2018 Transit MPV/VTUM and 2018 PT 2000 transit buses equipped with Freedman GO-ES Foldaway Seats. When the back seat cushion is rotated from the stowed position to the upright position, the seat cushion may not remain locked into place when under load, …
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 19V145 cover?
- Diamond Coach PT 2000, Diamond Coach Transit MPV/Vtum, model year 2018.
- What is wrong with them?
- Diamond Coach Corporation (Diamond Coach) is recalling certain 2018 Transit MPV/VTUM and 2018 PT 2000 transit buses equipped with Freedman GO-ES Foldaway Seats.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- In the event of a crash, if the seat back moves, the seat occupant has an increased risk of injury.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Diamond Coach will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and repair the foldaway seat, free of charge. The recall began April 3, 2019. Owners may contact Diamond Coach customer service at 1-800-442-4645.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on.
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: “In the event of a crash, if the seat back moves, the seat occupant has an increased risk of injury.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 19V145 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Diamond Coach Corporation |
| System at fault | Seats |
| Reported to NHTSA | 28 February 2019 |
| Model years | 2018-2018 |
| Vehicles named | DIAMOND COACH PT 2000, DIAMOND COACH TRANSIT MPV/VTUM |
What the notice says today
The consequence
In the event of a crash, if the seat back moves, the seat occupant has an increased risk of injury.
The remedy
Diamond Coach will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and repair the foldaway seat, free of charge. The recall began April 3, 2019. Owners may contact Diamond Coach customer service at 1-800-442-4645.
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 459 notices in the record whose component field names seats. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 44 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 19V145, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/19v145/
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 Diamond Coach notices we hold
- 26V406: 2025-2026 VIP motorcoaches equipped with certain QRT-360 wheelchair retractors
- 25V861: 2025 VIP buses equipped with QRT-Deluxe and QRT-Max wheelchair restraints
- 24V360: 2023-2024 VIP 2200 transit buses, equipped with certain GO-ES Space Saver Foldaway Seats
- 19V419: one 2017 VIP 2800 vehicle equipped with an ASA Electronics Voyager monitor used to display the back-up camera image
- 12V263: MODEL YEAR 2008-2010 PT AND VIP BUSES EQUIPPED WITH BRAUN CENTURY-2 AND VISTA-2 WHEELCHAIR LIFTS
- 11V099: MODEL YEAR 2006-2010 BUSES MANUFACTURED FROM JANUARY 1, 2006 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2010, AND EQUIPPED WITH CARRIER GENV EM-1 EVAPORATOR UNITS
All 7 Diamond Coach 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 19V145 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
3b030c09 - Consequence
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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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