NHTSA campaign 12V330000
Turtle Top Recall 12V-330: BUS ROOF ESCAPE HATCH/FMVSS 217
- Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation
NHTSA recall 12V330000 was reported by TURTLE TOP on July 11, 2012, with 361 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Turtle Top Odyssey, Turtle Top Terra Transport, Turtle Top Odyssey XL and more for model years 2010–2012. Owners were notified on August 16, 2012, per NHTSA.
Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files
Is my vehicle included?
This page lists, by model year, the vehicles NHTSA's recall record names for campaign 12V330000 in the model years try.vin imports (1995 and later); NHTSA's own record can list more. A model year on the list doesn't mean every vehicle of that year is included, and some may already have been repaired.
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Key facts
- NHTSA campaign
- 12V330000 (also written 12V-330 or 12V330)
- Filed by
- TURTLE TOP
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 361 vehicles (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Structure — Body — Roof and Pillars
- Owners notified
- Safety standard
- FMVSS 217
Vehicles listed for this recall
NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 12V330000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.
Turtle Top
Turtle Top Odyssey
Turtle Top Odyssey LT
- 2011 · Vehicles built April 1, 2011 – March 25, 2012 (per NHTSA)
Turtle Top Odyssey XL
Turtle Top Terra Transport
Turtle Top Van Terra
NHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 12V330000.
Defect description
Turtle Top is recalling certain model year 2010 through 2012 commercial buses manufactured from April 1, 2011, through March 25, 2012, equipped with Specialty Manufacturing Inc. (SMI) Prolo roof hatches. Increased friction between the rear plate assemblies, p/no. 009327, and the nylon rear pop-up support, p/no. 008956, may result in an opening force of the Prolo roof hatches that exceeds federal standard requirements. Thus, these hatches fail to conform to the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 217, "Bus Emergency Exits and Window Retention and Release."
Safety consequence
In the event of an emergency, passengers' exit from the bus may be hindered possibly resulting in injury to the vehicle occupants.
Manufacturer remedy
Turtle Top will notify owners. SMI will provide service kits along with repair instructions to dealers and owners, free of charge. The safety recall began on August 16, 2012. Owners may contact Turtle Top at 1-574-831-4349 or SMI at 1-800-951-7867.
Notes
Customers may contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY: 1-800-424-9153); or go to http://www.safercar.gov.
Sources
Official NHTSA notice for recall 12V330000
Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.