# NHTSA recall 18V939000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 18V939000
- Manufacturer's number: 7F7\-W3A5M\-12
- Manufacturer: Arcimoto Inc
- Reported: 2018\-12\-31
- Owners notified: 2019\-02\-26
- Component: SEATS
- Units potentially affected: 23

## What is wrong

Arcimoto Inc \(Arcimoto\) is recalling certain 2017\-2018 FUV motorcycles.  In the event of a crash, the seat may not support the driver as intended, preventing the seatbelts from holding the driver in place.


## What can happen

If the driver is not properly secured, it can increase the risk of injury in a crash.


## The remedy

Arcimoto has notified all affected owners and the motorcycles are within the manufacturer's control.  Arcimoto will replace the vehicles, free of charge.  Owners may contact Arcimoto customer service at 541\-683\-6293.  Arcimoto's number for this recall is 7F7\-W3A5M\-12.


## Notes

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.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 7, for 2020 quarter 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2020\-10\-29
- Vehicles in the campaign: 23
- Reported remedied: 8 \(34%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 15

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2020 quarter 3, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2017 ARCIMOTO FUV](/makes/arcimoto/fuv/2017/recalls.md). Built 2017\-11\-01 to 2018\-12\-21.
- [2018 ARCIMOTO FUV](/makes/arcimoto/fuv/2018/recalls.md). Built 2017\-11\-01 to 2018\-12\-21.

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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