Recall Register

1998 Tiara Conversion van: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 4 recall campaigns for the 1998 Tiara Conversion van. The newest campaign is 99V269000. NHTSA received the report on 12 Oct 1999. The NHTSA record gives the component Seat Belts / Front / Anchorage. 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, 99V269000, in the NHTSA record

Tiara has gone out of business. The correction was to repair the seating system.
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Recall campaigns

4 campaigns, newest first. 1,003 units in total.

  1. 99V269000Received . 191 units.

    Seat Belts / Front / Anchorage

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Vehicle description: conversion vans built on dodge short wheel base chassis and includes the removable mid-seat with the seat belt retractor mounted to the seat pedestal, have been found not to comply with the requirements of FMVSS no. 207, "seating systems," and no. 210, "seat belt assembly anchorages."
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    In the event of a crash, the seat occupant may not be properly restrained.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Tiara has gone out of business. The correction was to repair the seating system.

    Report filed by TIARA MOTOR COACH DIVISION. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 98V163000Received . 153 units.

    Seats

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Vehicle description: conversion vans built on general motors, ford and dodge chassis and equipped with removable power slide and reclining rear sofa. The rear sofa can become disloged from the retaining clamps in the event of a vehicle crash. This does not meet the requirements of FMVSS no. 207, "seating systems."
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    This condition could cause injuries to the vehicle's occupants.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will replace the defective retaining clamps.

    Report filed by TIARA MOTOR COACH DIVISION. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  3. 98V164000Received . 290 units.

    Seat Belts / Front / Anchorage

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Vehicle description: conversion vans built on 127" wheel base dodge chassis. The upper seat belt mounting structure for the mid-row seats is not capable of passing the requirements of FMVSS no. 207, "seating systems," and no. 210, "seat belt assembly anchorages."
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    The seat occupant will not be adequately restrained in the event of a front impact causing injuries to the seat's occupant.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will replace the defective brackets.

    Report filed by TIARA MOTOR COACH DIVISION. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  4. 98V165000Received . 369 units.

    Seat Belts / Front / Anchorage

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Vehicle description: conversion vans built on chevrolet astro and GMC safari chassis. The upper seat belt mounting brackets for the rear sofa are not capable of passing the requirements of FMVSS no. 207, "seating systems," and no. 210, "seat belt assembly anchorages."
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    The seat occupant will not be adequately restrained in the event of a front impact causing injuries to the seat's occupant.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will replace the defective brackets.

    Report filed by TIARA MOTOR COACH DIVISION. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

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Complaints by component

1 complaint, 1 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.

1998 Tiara Conversion van: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Structure1
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
30 Jul 2003

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 1998 Tiara Conversion van, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2003, 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. 19931
  2. 19974
  3. 19984

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

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Cite this page

Recall Register. 1998 Tiara Conversion van: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/tiara/conversion-van/1998/. 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
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
30 Sep 2026
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
TIARA MOTOR COACH DIVISION

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1998 Tiara Conversion van?
1,003 units in 4 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Tiara Conversion van have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 5 recall campaigns for the Tiara Conversion van, model years 1993 to 1998. 4 of them name the 1998 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1998 Tiara Conversion van name most often?
Structure: 1 of 1 component mention.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1998 Tiara Conversion van open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.