Equipment adaptive/mobility (Safe Haven)
Vehicle equipment recall 17E-004. NHTSA received The New Haven Companies’s report on Jan 20, 2017.
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The short answer
NHTSA received The New Haven Companies’s report on Jan 20, 2017. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 20, 2026.
Every line below is in NHTSA’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
If the tiedown fails in the event of a crash, the unrestrained wheelchair can increase the risk of injury to the occupant or those nearby.
The New Haven Companies (New Haven) is recalling certain Safe Haven Wheelchair Securement Tiedowns, model number NH56328P028.
These tiedowns may not adequately secure a wheelchair in the event of a crash.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Equipment adaptive/mobility.
What should you do?
New Haven will notify the purchasers and through a third party, the tiedowns will be replaced, free of charge. The recall began on February 27, 2017. Owners may contact New Haven customer service at 1-818-686-7020.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 20, 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.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 9,535 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Safe Haven Wheelchair TiedownBuilt from Dec 9, 2013 to Sep 29, 2016
Who is recalling it?
- Made by The New Haven Companies.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- NHTSA’s recall file doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt.
- Which ones, by part or lot: the recall’s report on NHTSA’s site gives them where the maker did; this file gives part numbers only where its maker listed them.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
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Sources
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file (FLAT_RCL_POST_2010).
Released Oct 20, 2026 and checked Oct 20, 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 20, 2026.