The defect
FRONT PASSENGER SEAT LAP BELT RETRACTOR, WHICH INCORPORATES A CHILD SEAT BELT LOCKING FEATURE, MAY MALFUNCTION.
The risk
SEAT BELT LOCK WOULD EXTRACT AND CHILD SEAT MAY MOVE OUTOF ITS RESTRAINED POSITION.
The remedy
REPLACE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT LAP RETRACTOR WITH A REDESIGNED RETRACTOR.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Dodge Shadow | 1988 |
| Plymouth Sundance | 1988 |
Components: SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dodge Shadow | 1988 | 12 | 2 |
| Plymouth Sundance | 1988 | 27 | 2 |
Other seat belts recalls in 1988
20 of the 197 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 1988 concerned the seat belts; CHRYSLER CORPORATION filed 640 campaigns in all.
| 88V196000 27 Dec 1988 | FLXIBLE CORPORATION |
| 88V191000 13 Dec 1988 | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| 88V186000 1 Dec 1988 | FERRARI NORTH AMERICA |
| 88V181000 18 Nov 1988 | AMERICAN SUZUKI MOTOR CORP. |
| 88V176000 8 Nov 1988 | THOMAS BUILT BUSES, INC. |
| 88V163000 18 Oct 1988 | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| 88V150000 13 Sept 1988 | VOLVO GM HEAVY TRUCK CORP |
| 88V147000 6 Sept 1988 | MACK TRUCKS, INCORPORATED |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 1988