Chtc Bus Ht-35, Chtc Bus Ht-45, model years 2016 to 2018. Filed by CHTC Bus Group and reported to NHTSA on 21 February 2020. 4 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says CHTC Bus Group (CHTC) is recalling certain 2016-2018 HT-35 and HT-45 buses equipped with ADA wheel chair platform lifts. The lift devices have not completed the compliance certification process. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) numbers 403, …
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 20V102 cover?
- CHTC Bus Ht-35, CHTC Bus Ht-45, model years 2016-2018.
- What is wrong with them?
- CHTC Bus Group (CHTC) is recalling certain 2016-2018 HT-35 and HT-45 buses equipped with ADA wheel chair platform lifts. The lift devices have not completed the compliance certification process.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- Lift devices that have not completed compliance certification cannot be assumed to be safe, increasing the risk of injury.
- Is there a fix yet?
- CHTC has removed the non-compliant wheelchair platform lifts, thereby remedying all of the affected vehicles. Owner letters will not be sent. The recall began February 19, 2020. Owners may contact CHTC customer service at 1-909-993-0858.
- 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: “Lift devices that have not completed compliance certification cannot be assumed to be safe, increasing the risk of injury.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 20V102 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | CHTC Bus Group |
| System at fault | Equipment Adaptive/Mobility |
| Reported to NHTSA | 21 February 2020 |
| Model years | 2016-2018 |
| Vehicles named | CHTC BUS HT-35, CHTC BUS HT-45 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
Lift devices that have not completed compliance certification cannot be assumed to be safe, increasing the risk of injury.
The remedy
CHTC has removed the non-compliant wheelchair platform lifts, thereby remedying all of the affected vehicles. Owner letters will not be sent. The recall began February 19, 2020. Owners may contact CHTC customer service at 1-909-993-0858.
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 289 notices in the record whose component field names equipment adaptive/mobility. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 36 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 20V102, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/20v102/
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.
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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 20V102 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
795882ab - Consequence
33718146 - 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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