The defect
INCORRECT HEAD RESTRAINTS MAY HAVE BEEN INSTALLED ON THE INVOLVED VEHICLES. THIS FAILS TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 201, "OCCUPANT PROTECTION IN INTERIOR IMPACTS".
The remedy
DEALER WILL REPLACE INCORRECT HEAD RESTRAINTS WITH IMPROVED HEAD RESTRAINTS.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|
Components: SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT
Other seats recalls in 1978
5 of the 272 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 1978 concerned the seats; GENERAL MOTORS CORP. filed 1,195 campaigns in all.
| 78V257000 1 Dec 1978 | CHRYSLER CORPORATION |
| 78V229000 18 Oct 1978 | CHRYSLER CORPORATION |
| 78V180000 16 Aug 1978 | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| 78V117000 1 Jun 1978 | SHELLER-GLOBE CORPORATION |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 1978