Kiel: equipment recalls

NHTSA lists 2 equipment recall campaigns for Kiel. NHTSA received the reports in 2020. The campaigns have 1,929 units in total. The newest campaign is 20E054000. NHTSA received the report on 10 Aug 2020.

NHTSA recall lookup

The defect, the consequence and the remedy on this page are the summaries in the NHTSA recall file. The file names the manufacturer that filed each recall report.

NHTSA recall file through 29 Sep 2026.

Recall campaigns

2 campaigns, newest first. 1,929 units in total.

20E054000Received 10 Aug 2020. 437 units.
Seats
Defect, in the NHTSA record
Kiel N.A., L.L.C (Kiel) is recalling certain Avance 2025, 2050 and 1030 passenger seats for motorcoaches. The mounting point of the seat belt retractor for the last row of seats may cause the seat belts retractors to not function properly. This applies to rear cross seat chassis part number 171731, 171732, 158777, and 158778 in combination with 3-point automatic belt Emergency Locking Retractor/Automatic Locking Retractor part number 513862. As such, these passenger seats fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 210, "Seat Belt Assembly Anchorages."
Consequence, in the NHTSA record
An improperly operating seat belt lock system increases chance of injury in the event of a crash.
Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Kiel will notify owners, and dealers will install modifications to all of the affected last row seats, free of charge. The manufacturer has not provided a schedule for recall notification. Owners may contact Kiel customer service at 1-574-293-3600.
Products named: Kiel Avance.
Report filed by Kiel N.A., L.L.C. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: 19 Aug 2020.
20E050000Received 24 Jul 2020. 1,492 units.
Seat Belts / Front / Retractor
Defect, in the NHTSA record
Kiel N.A. LLC., (Kiel) is recalling certain Avance coach seats, part numbers 2025 and 2050. The automatic locking retractor (ALR) mode of the seat belts supplied with these seats cannot be activated. As such, these seats fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 209, "Seat Belt Assemblies".
Consequence, in the NHTSA record
A seat belt that doesn't function properly can increase the risk of injury in the event of a crash.
Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Kiel will notify the coach bus manufacturers that purchased the seat belts, and dealers for those manufacturers will replace the affected belts, free of charge. The manufacturer has not yet provided a schedule for recall notification. Owners may contact Kiel customer service at 1-574-293-3600.
Products named: Kiel Avance.
Report filed by Kiel N.A., L.L.C. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: 5 Aug 2020.

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Counts

Kiel equipment campaigns, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2020, with 2 campaigns.

Kiel: campaigns for each component
Component		Campaigns
Seat Belts		1
Seats		1

Products in the campaigns

The product names in the NHTSA file.

Avance2

Official channels

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Cite this page

Recall Register. Kiel: equipment recalls. https://recallregister.com/equipment/other/kiel/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall files. Data through 29 Sep 2026.

Sources

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence: US government work, public domain
Recall file through: 29 Sep 2026

Manufacturers in the recall file: Kiel N.A., L.L.C.

The brand is the make that NHTSA records for the campaign. A campaign that names 2 brands is on the page of each brand. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

Which Kiel products do the campaigns name?: The NHTSA records have 1 product name for these campaigns. The name in the most campaigns is: Avance
How many units does a Kiel equipment campaign have?: The median Kiel campaign has 1,492 units. The median of all 2,866 equipment campaigns is 1,677 units.
Which component do the Kiel campaigns name most often?: Seat Belts, in 1 campaign. The component is the first component in the NHTSA record of a campaign.