Vancraft Vancraft Campervan, model years 2002 to 2006. Filed by Vancraft Llc and reported to NHTSA on 8 November 2024. 38 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Vancraft LLC (Vancraft) is recalling certain 2002-2006 Campervan vehicles. Incorrect seat belt anchor hardware was used on the rear bench seats. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 209, "Seat Belt Assemblies."
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.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 24V849 cover?
- Vancraft Vancraft Campervan, model years 2002-2006.
- What is wrong with them?
- Vancraft LLC (Vancraft) is recalling certain 2002-2006 Campervan vehicles. Incorrect seat belt anchor hardware was used on the rear bench seats. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 209, "Seat Belt Assemblies."
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- The incorrect hardware may fail, increasing the risk of injury during a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Dealers will replace the seat belt anchor hardware, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed December 19, 2024. Owners may contact Vancraft customer service at 1-888-381-7333.
- 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 incorrect hardware may fail, increasing the risk of injury during a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 24V849 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | VANCRAFT LLC |
| System at fault | Seat Belts:Rear/Other:Anchorage |
| Reported to NHTSA | 8 November 2024 |
| Model years | 2002-2006 |
| Vehicles named | VANCRAFT VANCRAFT CAMPERVAN |
What the notice says today
The consequence
The incorrect hardware may fail, increasing the risk of injury during a crash.
The remedy
Dealers will replace the seat belt anchor hardware, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed December 19, 2024. Owners may contact Vancraft customer service at 1-888-381-7333.
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 451 notices in the record whose component field names seat belts. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 48 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 24V849, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/24v849/
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 Vancraft notices we hold
- 24V855: 2014-2023 SWB, LWB, 2023 LWB Pro, 2023-2024 Rover, Rover XL and Alltrek campervans
- 24V854: 2002-2006 Campervan, 2014-2023 SWB Campervan, LWB Campervan, 2023 LWB Campervan Pro, 2023-2024 Rover, Rover XL, and Alltrek
All 3 Vancraft campaigns we hold · Every manufacturer in the record
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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 24V849 on 17 September 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
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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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