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Hometown Trolley Streetcar Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 3 safety recalls and 0 owner complaints across 4 model years of the Hometown Trolley Streetcar (2016–2019).

3
safety recalls, all years
0
owner complaints, all years
2017
year with most recalls

Pick your Hometown Trolley Streetcar model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2019 Hometown Trolley Streetcar10
2018 Hometown Trolley Streetcar20
2017 Hometown Trolley Streetcar30
2016 Hometown Trolley Streetcar10

All Hometown Trolley Streetcar recalls (3)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Hometown Trolley Streetcar, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Caliper (service brakes)

    NHTSA 19V029000 Reported 5 vehicles potentially affected Double K Inc.

    Double K Inc. (Double K) is recalling certain 2017-2018 Hometown Trolley Villager, Mainstreet, and Steetcar trackless trolley buses, built on a Daimler trucks North America (DTNA) Freightliner chassis. The brake caliper mounting bolts may have been insufficiently tightened.

    Remedy: Double K will notify owners, instructing them to contact a DTNA dealer to have the brake caliper mounting bolts checked and tightened, free of charge. The recall began February 11, 2019. Owners may contact Double K…

    Model years: 2017, 2018

  2. Caliper (service brakes)

    NHTSA 19V030000 Reported 5 vehicles potentially affected Double K Inc.

    Double K, Inc is recalling certain 2017-2019 Hometown Trolley Villager, Mainstreet, and Streetcar trackless trolley buses, built on a Daimler trucks North America (DTNA) Freightliner chassis equipped with air disc brakes. The brake caliper mounting bolts on these vehicles may be insufficiently tightened, allowing the bolts to loosen.

    Remedy: Double K will notify owners, instructing them to contact a DTNA dealer to have the brake caliper mounting bolts checked and tightened, free of charge. The recall began April 5, 2019. Owners may contact Double K…

    Model years: 2017, 2018, 2019

  3. Buckle assembly (seat belts) and seat belts

    NHTSA 17V582000 Reported 16 vehicles potentially affected Double K Inc.

    Double K Inc. (Double K) is recalling certain 2016-2017 Hometown Trolley Villager, Mainstreet, and Streetcar trackless trolley buses, equipped with Recaro Commercial Bus Driver Seats, models Ergo R, Ergo D, AM71, AM72 and AM80. In the affected seats, the seat belt buckle may be stuck in the locked position, preventing the seat belt…

    Remedy: Double K will notify owners, and dealers will replace the buckle housings, free of charge. The recall began on November 10, 2017. Owners may contact Recaro customer service at 1-248-364-3818 or Double K customer…

    Model years: 2016, 2017

Other Hometown Trolley models

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.