Coach And Equipment Phoenix, model year 2024. Filed by Coach and Equipment Mfg. Corp. and reported to NHTSA on 6 May 2024. 12 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Coach and Equipment Mfg. Corp. (Coach and Equipment) is recalling certain 2024 Phoenix shuttle buses, equipped with certain GO-ES Space Saver Foldaway Seats. The recliner mechanism may not engage when the seat back is fully reclined. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle …
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 24V317 cover?
- Coach And Equipment Phoenix, model year 2024.
- What is wrong with them?
- Coach and Equipment Mfg. Corp. (Coach and Equipment) is recalling certain 2024 Phoenix shuttle buses, equipped with certain GO-ES Space Saver Foldaway Seats. The recliner mechanism may not engage when the seat back is fully reclined.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- The seat back could release under the shoulder belt load, increasing the risk of injury during a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Coach and Equipment will direct owners to Freedman's instructions on how to inspect and repair the seat as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed May 13, 2024. Owners may contact Coach and Equipment customer service at 1-800-724-8464.
- 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: “The seat back could release under the shoulder belt load, increasing the risk of injury during a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 24V317 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Coach and Equipment MFG. Corp. |
| System at fault | Seats |
| Reported to NHTSA | 6 May 2024 |
| Model years | 2024-2024 |
| Vehicles named | COACH AND EQUIPMENT PHOENIX |
What the notice says today
The consequence
The seat back could release under the shoulder belt load, increasing the risk of injury during a crash.
The remedy
Coach and Equipment will direct owners to Freedman's instructions on how to inspect and repair the seat as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed May 13, 2024. Owners may contact Coach and Equipment customer service at 1-800-724-8464.
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.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 24V317, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/24v317/
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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Other Coach And Equipment notices we hold
- 26V472: 2024-2025 Phoenix, and 2025-2026 Metrolite transit buses, equipped with certain S-Series wheelchair platform lifts
- 26V333: 2025-2026 Phoenix and 2026 Metrolite buses, equipped with certain QRT-360 wheelchair retractors
- 25V895: 2024-2025 Phoenix transit buses equipped with a propane conversion kit with an aftermarket compressor
- 25V772: 2025 Phoenix transit buses equipped with QRT-Deluxe and QRT-Max wheelchair restraints
- 22V851: 2016-2023 Phoenix transit buses equipped with Roush fuel return lines included in GEN 4 and GEN 5 LPG Conversion Systems that were installed on
- 18V796: 2015-2018 Coach and Equipment Phoenix and Metro lite transit buses, equipped with Freedman GO-ES Foldaway Seats, part numbers 43705, 45467, 48923, and 75719
- 13V460: model year 2009-2010 MetroLite and Phoenix transit buses manufactured August 2009 through May 2010 and equipped with an optional power door
- 12V281: MODEL YEAR 2006-2010 PHOENIX, METRO-LITE AND PEGASUS TRANSIT BUSES EQUIPPED WITH BRAUN CENTURY-2 AND/OR VISTA-2 WHEELCHAIR LIFTS
All 11 Coach And Equipment campaigns we hold · Every manufacturer in the record
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- Defect summary
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14839744 - 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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