Recall Register

2020 Tiffin Phaeton: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 3 recall campaigns for the 2020 Tiffin Phaeton. The newest campaign is 21V680000. NHTSA received the report on 5 Nov 2021. The NHTSA record gives the component Seat Belts / Rear/Other / Anchorage. NHTSA has 2 complaints 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, 21V680000, in the NHTSA record

Dealers will inspect and repair the seat belts as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed October 29, 2021. Owners may contact Tiffin customer service at 1-256-356-8661. Tiffin's number for this recall is TIF-118.
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Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

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Recall campaigns

3 campaigns, newest first. 13,615 units in total.

  1. 21V680000Received . 10,409 units.

    Seat Belts / Rear/Other / Anchorage

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Tiffin Motorhomes, Inc. (Tiffin) is recalling certain 2018-2022 Allegro Breeze, Allegro Red, Allegro, Allegro Bus, Phaeton, and 2018-2021 Zephyr recreational vehicles. The sofa seat belts may not have been installed correctly, which could result in unsecured passengers. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 210, "Seat Belt Assembly Anchorages."
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    Unsecured passengers have an increased risk of injury in the event of a crash.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will inspect and repair the seat belts as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed October 29, 2021. Owners may contact Tiffin customer service at 1-256-356-8661. Tiffin's number for this recall is TIF-118.

    Report filed by Tiffin Motorhomes, Inc.. Manufacturer campaign number TIF-118.

  2. 21V306000Received . 3,198 units.

    Fuel System, Diesel / Fuel Injection System / Fuel Rail

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Tiffin Motorhomes, Inc. (Tiffin) is recalling certain 2017-2021 Bus and Phaeton vehicles. The sealing washer may not seat correctly in the pilot bore, allowing the high pressure fuel rail assembly to leak.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    A fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source increases the risk of a fire.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Tiffin will work with Cummins to inspect the rail threads , and replace the rail and fuel lines if damage is found, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed August 11, 2021. Owners may contact Tiffin customer service at 1-256-356-8661.

    Report filed by Tiffin Motorhomes, Inc.. Manufacturer campaign number TIF-116. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  3. 20V534000Received . 8 units.

    Steering

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Tiffin Motorhomes, Inc. (Tiffin) is recalling certain 2020 Bus and Phaeton motorhomes. The steering pinch bolts may not have been properly tightened.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    A loose steering pinch bolt can result in a loss of steering control, increasing the risk of a crash.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Tiffin will notify owners, and dealers will tighten the steering bolts to specification, free of charge. The recall began August 27, 2020. Owners may contact Tiffin customer service at 1-256-356-8661.

    Report filed by Tiffin Motorhomes, Inc..

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

2 complaints, 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.

2020 Tiffin Phaeton: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Engine1
Exterior Lighting1
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
16 Feb 2023

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 2020 Tiffin Phaeton, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2021, 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. 20002
  2. 20013
  3. 20023
  4. 20033
  5. 20045
  6. 20055
  7. 20061
  8. 20077
  9. 20089
  10. 20098
  11. 20109
  12. 201112
  13. 20127
  14. 20132
  15. 20142
  16. 20153
  17. 20161
  18. 20172
  19. 20185
  20. 20194
  21. 20203
  22. 20217
  23. 20229
  24. 20235
  25. 20241
  26. 20251
  27. 20261
  28. 20271

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. 2020 Tiffin Phaeton: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/tiffin/phaeton/2020/. 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
Tiffin Motorhomes, Inc.

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2020 Tiffin Phaeton?
13,615 units in 3 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Tiffin Phaeton have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 45 recall campaigns for the Tiffin Phaeton, model years 2000 to 2027. 3 of them name the 2020 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 2020 Tiffin Phaeton name most often?
Engine: 1 of 2 component mentions.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2020 Tiffin Phaeton open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.