Hollywood Racks Destination E Rack, model year 9999. Filed by Hollywood Racks and reported to NHTSA on 1 November 2023. 7,500 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Hollywood Racks is recalling certain 2022-2023 Destination E Rack Bicycle Carriers, part number HR4500. The eyebolt that holds the vertical clamping frame may fail, which can allow a bike to detach.
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 23E085 cover?
- Hollywood Racks Destination E Rack.
- What is wrong with them?
- Hollywood Racks is recalling certain 2022-2023 Destination E Rack Bicycle Carriers, part number HR4500. The eyebolt that holds the vertical clamping frame may fail, which can allow a bike to detach.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- A bike that detaches may drag behind the vehicle or become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Hollywood Racks will supply 2 cam lever-eyebolt assemblies per bike rack, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed in December 8, 2023. Owners may contact Hollywood Racks customer service at 1-800-747-4085.
- 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: “A bike that detaches may drag behind the vehicle or become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 23E085 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Hollywood Racks |
| System at fault | Equipment:Mechanical:Carrier/Rack |
| Reported to NHTSA | 1 November 2023 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | HOLLYWOOD RACKS DESTINATION E RACK |
What the notice says today
The consequence
A bike that detaches may drag behind the vehicle or become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Hollywood Racks will supply 2 cam lever-eyebolt assemblies per bike rack, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed in December 8, 2023. Owners may contact Hollywood Racks customer service at 1-800-747-4085.
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 2,632 notices in the record whose component field names equipment. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 29 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 23E085, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/23e085/
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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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 23E085 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
7fb2c770 - Consequence
57b69780 - 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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