Seats; seat belts (Trans Tech)
Vehicle recall 14V-180. NHTSA received Transportation Collaborative, Inc.’s report on Apr 8, 2014.
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The short answer
NHTSA received Transportation Collaborative, Inc.’s report on Apr 8, 2014. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 27, 2026.
Every line below is in NHTSA’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
In the event of a crash, if the seat does not remain anchored to the floor, the seat occupant has an increased risk of injury.
Transportation Collaborative, Inc.
(TCI) is recalling certain model year 2011-2014 Trans Tech Bus school buses manufactured January 10, 2011, through March 10, 2014, and equipped with 39” seats with or without 3-point seat belts.
For the full list of the affected models, click on “Associated Documents” and then please click on “Associated Documents” and then “Noncompliance Notice(Part 573).” The affected buses have seats that may not remain properly anchored to the floor.
As such, these vehicles do not conform to Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) number 207, “Seating Systems,” and number 210, “Seat Belt Assembly Anchorages.”
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Seats.
- NHTSA’s part: Seat belts.
What should you do?
TCI will notify owners and dealers will install additional mounts to secure the seats to the floor, free of charge. The recall began on April 23, 2014. Owners may contact TCI at 1-845-988-2333.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 843 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
- Trans Tech SC159DSSA600and 2012 and 2014, before the model years listed here
- Trans Tech ST4and 2011, before the model years listed here
- Trans Tech STH4and 2011, before the model years listed here
- Trans Tech DW6159FRLSSTand 2011, before the model years listed here
- Trans Tech RC139DSSP500and 2011, 2012 and 2014, before the model years listed here
- Trans Tech RC159DSSA600and 2013, before the model years listed here
- Trans Tech SC139DSFP500and 2013, before the model years listed here
- Trans Tech SC139DSSA409and 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014, before the model years listed here
- Trans Tech SC139DSSA500and 2011, 2012 and 2013, before the model years listed here
- Trans Tech SC139DSSP500and 2012, before the model years listed here
- Trans Tech SC158DSSA600and 2013, before the model years listed here
- Trans Tech DW59159FRLSSTand 2011, before the model years listed here
- Trans Tech DW5139FRLand 2011, before the model years listed here
- Trans Tech SC159DSFP509and 2013, before the model years listed here
- Trans Tech CC159DMSA600and 2012, 2013 and 2014, before the model years listed here
- Trans Tech SC159DSFP600and 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014, before the model years listed here
- Trans Tech SC159DSSP600and 2012 and 2013, before the model years listed here
- Trans Tech SE138DSSA419and 2011 and 2012, before the model years listed here
- Trans Tech ST4139and 2011, before the model years listed here
- Trans Tech STH4139and 2011, before the model years listed here
- Trans Tech SC159DSSP514and 2011, before the model years listed here
- Trans Tech SC159DSSA509and 2011, 2012 and 2013, before the model years listed here
- Trans Tech STH49139and 2011, before the model years listed here
- Trans Tech AC139SSSA409and 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014, before the model years listed here
- Trans Tech DWF6158FRLand 2011, before the model years listed here
- Trans Tech DW6159SSTand 2011, before the model years listed here
- Trans Tech AC139SSSA400and 2013, before the model years listed here
- Trans Tech AE138SSSA409and 2012 and 2013, before the model years listed here
- Trans Tech RC139DSSA500and 2012, before the model years listed here
- Trans Tech DW49139SSTand 2011, before the model years listed here
- Trans Tech SE158DSSA600and 2012, before the model years listed here
- Trans Tech SE158DSSP600and 2012, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by Transportation Collaborative, Inc..
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- NHTSA’s recall file doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt.
- Whether one vehicle or seat has been fixed: only its maker, or NHTSA’s lookup with a VIN, can say.
- This recall names only model years before 2015, which have no pages here. Your VIN, at NHTSA, says which recalls are open on a vehicle.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file (FLAT_RCL_POST_2010).
Released Oct 27, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
Vehicle, car seat, tire and vehicle equipment recalls, owner complaints and crash ratings are from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Copied on Oct 27, 2026.