Tradewinds Seats

Tradewinds is recalling about 200 vehicles over a problem with the seats. Occupants in seats that do not meet the minimum loadrequirements of FMVSS 207 are subject to increased risk of injury in asudden stop or accident.

Campaign
93V090000
Manufacturer
TRADEWINDS CONVERSIONS
Reported
20 May 1993
Vehicles
200
Built between
Not published
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
10 June 1994
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

The manufacturer did not publish a build-date range for this recall, so the model and year list below is the only way to tell whether your vehicle is covered.

  • 1993 Tradewinds Schooner

What the defect is

The latching or locking pin on the mid-seating pedestal does not consistently meet the minimum load test, and does not comply with FMVSS 207, "seating systems."

What could happen

Occupants in seats that do not meet the minimum loadrequirements of FMVSS 207 are subject to increased risk of injury in asudden stop or accident.

What gets fixed

TRADEWINDS CONVERSIONS HAS NOT PROPOSED A CORRECTIVE ACTION.

Timeline

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA20 May 1993
  2. Owners notified10 June 1994

Your rights

A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.

That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 20 May 1993.

To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
TRADEWINDS CONVERSIONS
Safety standard
FMVSS 207
Recall initiated by
MFR

Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

Additional notes

System: interiors; seat track anchors and seats.vehicle description: ford truck E150 conversion vans.note: NHTSA has denied the manufacturer's petition requesting that nhtsadetermine that this FMVSS non-compliance does not create an unreasonable riskto motor vehicle safety. Therefore the manufacturer will conduct an ownernotification and remedy campaign.

Check your own vehicle

This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.

A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.

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