Van Hool C2045, Van Hool Cx35, Van Hool Cx45, Van Hool T2145, Van Hool Tx45, model years 1999 to 2023. Filed by ABC BUS Inc and reported to NHTSA on 26 March 2026. 6,994 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says ABC BUS Inc is recalling certain 1999-2013 Van Hool C2045, 2004-2013 Van Hool T2145, 2013-2022 Van Hool TX45, 2013-2023 Van Hool CX45, and 2016-2022 Van Hool CX35 vehicles. The front entrance door may have the incorrect glaze on the lower curb view window. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements …
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 26V191 cover?
- Van Hool C2045, Van Hool CX35, Van Hool CX45, Van Hool T2145, Van Hool TX45, model years 1999-2023.
- What is wrong with them?
- ABC BUS Inc is recalling certain 1999-2013 Van Hool C2045, 2004-2013 Van Hool T2145, 2013-2022 Van Hool TX45, 2013-2023 Van Hool CX45, and 2016-2022 Van Hool CX35 vehicles. The front entrance door may have the incorrect glaze on the lower curb view window.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- The incorrect glaze may reduce the driver's visibility, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Dealers will inspect and install a nontransparent vinyl cover over the window as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 20, 2026. Owners may contact ABC Bus customer service at 1-877-427-7278.
- 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 glaze may reduce the driver's visibility, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 26V191 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | ABC BUS Inc |
| System at fault | Visibility:Glass, Side/Rear |
| Reported to NHTSA | 26 March 2026 |
| Model years | 1999-2023 |
| Vehicles named | VAN HOOL C2045, VAN HOOL CX35, VAN HOOL CX45, VAN HOOL T2145, VAN HOOL TX45 |
What the notice says today
The defect
ABC BUS Inc is recalling certain 1999-2013 Van Hool C2045, 2004-2013 Van Hool T2145, 2013-2022 Van Hool TX45, 2013-2023 Van Hool CX45, and 2016-2022 Van Hool CX35 vehicles. The front entrance door may have the incorrect glaze on the lower curb view window. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 205, "Glazing Materials."
The consequence
The incorrect glaze may reduce the driver's visibility, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Dealers will inspect and install a nontransparent vinyl cover over the window as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 20, 2026. Owners may contact ABC Bus customer service at 1-877-427-7278. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will be searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning April 30, 2026.
What it said before
Nothing has changed while we have been watching. We last read the wording of this campaign on 17 September 2026, and it matched the copy we already held.
That copy hashes to 2f323bece70c9c8fa887ec20845949dd…, so if it is ever edited the change is provable rather than a matter of memory.
This is one of 463 notices in the record whose component field names visibility. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 34 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Van Hool C2045 recalls: 11 US campaigns
- Van Hool CX35 recalls: 5 US campaigns
- Van Hool CX45 recalls: 10 US campaigns
- Van Hool T2145 recalls: 9 US campaigns
- Van Hool TX45 recalls: 9 US campaigns
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 26V191, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/26v191/
The copy quoted above hashes to 2f323bece70c9c8fa887ec20845949dd…. If the notice is reworded later, that fingerprint will not match, which is how a reader checks that the quotation was of the version we say it was.
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.
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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 26V191 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
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d0556a11 - 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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