2000 Union City Built Body recall: seats
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: Built bodies (freightliner MT-55 chassis). The passenger seat only seat base anchorage does not comply with the requirements of FMVSS no. 208, "occupant crash protection."
💥 The risk
See NHTSA details.
🔧 The fix
A proper anchor base will be provided to owners of these vehicles.
Is the fix free? Yes. Safety recall repairs are free at any authorized dealer under federal law, including parts and labor. (Vehicles more than 15 years old when the recall was announced can be excluded, but most manufacturers still fix them.)
- NHTSA campaign
- 00V120000
- Manufacturer
- UNION CITY BODY COMPANY
- Vehicles affected
- 25
- Component
- SEATS
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Mar 15, 2000
- Built
- Jan 1, 1996 – Feb 28, 2000
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Owner notification began march 15, 2000.owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact union city at 1-765-964-3121. Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).