Vehicle Recall

Seats recalls

844 recalls name this component group, affecting 5,516 listed model entries.

Recalls
844
First
6 October 1966
Most recent
11 September 2026
Advisories
3

3 of these recalls carry an active safety advisory. 1 tell owners not to drive the vehicle. 2 warn of a fire risk while parked. See urgent advisories.

  1. Chevrolet — Seats89V08700022 May 1989642 vehicles
  2. Dodge — Seats89V01100031 January 198960,000 vehicles
  3. Pierce — Seats89V0140002 January 1989950 vehicles
  4. Ford — Seats88V1450002 September 198890,000 vehicles
  5. BMW — Seats88V13500011 August 19888,187 vehicles
  6. Renault — Seats88V0600008 April 1988149,000 vehicles
  7. Chrysler — Seats: Power Adjust88V0610008 April 19881,500 vehicles
  8. Utilimaster — Seats88V0580005 April 198810 vehicles
  9. Volkswagen — Seats: Mid/Rear Assembly87V0830008 June 19872,397 vehicles
  10. Buick — Seats87V0790007 May 19871,136,407 vehicles
  11. Superior — Seats86V1240002 September 198682 vehicles
  12. Chevrolet — Seats86V11700025 August 198646 vehicles
  13. Ford — Seats86V08200024 June 1986195,732 vehicles
  14. Union — Seats86V0370006 March 1986289 vehicles
  15. Transportation — Seats86V02700013 February 198622 vehicles
  16. Dodge — Seats86V01000023 January 1986275 vehicles
  17. Freightliner — Seats: Recliner85V1190002 October 198547 vehicles
  18. Sans Vans — Seats85V1070003 September 19855 vehicles
  19. Allison Div — Seats: Seat Heater/Cooler84E02200024 September 19843,936 vehicles
  20. Ford — Seats84V08500018 July 198480,034 vehicles
  21. Ford — Seats84V07100015 June 1984261,400 vehicles
  22. Chevrolet — Seats: Recliner84V0110006 February 198476,586 vehicles
  23. United — Seats83V0800004 August 1983148 vehicles
  24. Chevrolet — Seats83V04600027 April 198317,312 vehicles
  25. Mid Bus — Seats83V0430002 April 198361 vehicles
  26. Ford — Seats83V02000024 February 198322 vehicles
  27. Subaru — Seats: Recliner83V0060001 January 198384,253 vehicles
  28. Peterbilt — Seats: Recliner82V08200025 August 19825,000 vehicles
  29. Zimmer — Seats82V0170001 March 198278 vehicles
  30. Careys — Seats81V1520003 November 198117 vehicles
  31. Superior Lima — Seats: Head Restraint81V1150001 October 198160 vehicles
  32. Ford — Seats: Recliner81V1020008 September 19816,500 vehicles
  33. Superior — Seats81V06500028 May 19811,328 vehicles
  34. Skyline — Seats81V03400019 March 1981500 vehicles
  35. Starcraft — Seats: Recliner80V15600028 November 1980370 vehicles
  36. Thomas — Seats80V12200023 September 198057 vehicles
  37. Gillig — Seats80V01100019 February 1980198 vehicles
  38. White Truck — Seats80V01300011 February 198047 vehicles
  39. Leggett & Pratt — Seats80E00200022 January 19803,200 vehicles
  40. Mercury — Seats: Recliner79V26800020 December 1979152,000 vehicles
  41. Chevrolet — Seats: Head Restraint79V19600028 August 1979491 vehicles
  42. Olson — Seats79V19100021 August 19791,113 vehicles
  43. Winnebago — Seats79V12600024 May 1979405 vehicles
  44. Superior — Seats: Head Restraint79V0830004 April 19792,652 vehicles
  45. Buick — Seats79V07300022 March 197935 vehicles
  46. Thomas — Seats79V0680008 March 1979258 vehicles
  47. Superior — Seats79V04900021 February 19793,695 vehicles
  48. Ford — Seats: Mid/Rear Assembly79V0130009 January 19794,000 vehicles
  49. Dodge — Seats78V2570001 December 1978256 vehicles
  50. American Motors — Seats: Recliner78V22900018 October 1978122 vehicles

Component groups are NHTSA's own top-level categories. A recall naming several components appears under each of them, so these lists overlap. All defect types.