Recall Register

2003 Accubuilt Van: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 2003 Accubuilt Van. The newest campaign is 04V162000. NHTSA received the report on 2 Apr 2004. The NHTSA record gives the component Seats. NHTSA has 1 complaint on file for this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 04V162000, in the NHTSA record

Dealers will modify the quick release frame system on these seats. Owner notification began april 12, 2004. Owners should contact accubuilt at 1-419-222-1501.
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Recall campaigns

2 campaigns, newest first. 35 units in total.

  1. 04V162000Received . 3 units.

    Seats

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Certain multi-passenger vans with one or more seats equipped with rear designated forward facing quick release seats fail to conform to the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 207, "seating systems."
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    These seats do not meet the requirements of the standard.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will modify the quick release frame system on these seats. Owner notification began april 12, 2004. Owners should contact accubuilt at 1-419-222-1501.

    Report filed by ACCUBUILT, INC.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 03V530000Received . 32 units.

    Seats

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Certain multi-passenger handicap-accessible vans built on ford e250 and e350 chassis fail to conform to the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 225, "child restraint anchorage systems." these vehicles lack the appropriate number of child restraint anchorages.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    Applicable child seats would not be able to utilize these supplemental anchorages. In the event of a crash, the seat occupant may not be properly restrained, increasing the risk of injury.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Accubuilt will modify or replace one or more of the seats to include the appropriate number of seating positions with child restraint anchorage systems. Owner notification is expected to begin during february 2004. Owners should contact accubuilt at 1-888-242-4782.

    Report filed by ACCUBUILT, INC.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

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.

Complaints by component

1 complaint, 2 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.

2003 Accubuilt Van: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Service Brakes, Hydraulic1
Engine and Engine Cooling1
Complaints that report a crash
0
Complaints that report a fire
0
Injuries in the complaints
0
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
12 Aug 2006

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 2003 Accubuilt Van, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2006, with 1 complaint.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 20021
  2. 20032
  3. 20043
  4. 20051
  5. 20061

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 2003 Accubuilt Van: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/accubuilt/van/2003/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
15 May 2019
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
ACCUBUILT, INC.

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2003 Accubuilt Van?
35 units in 2 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Accubuilt Van have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 4 recall campaigns for the Accubuilt Van, model years 2002 to 2006. 2 of them name the 2003 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 2003 Accubuilt Van name most often?
Service Brakes, Hydraulic: 1 of 2 component mentions.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2003 Accubuilt Van open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.