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NHTSA recall 79V196000

Seats › Front assembly › Head restraint

Chevrolet Malibu and 1 more

Reported Aug 28, 1979491 vehicles affectedGENERAL MOTORS CORP.Built Apr 1, 1979 – Apr 1, 1979

The defect

The invovled vehicles fail to conform to federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 201, "occupant protection in interior impacts". Incorrect head restraints may have been installed.

The remedy

Dealer will inspect and, if necessary, install new head restraints at no cost to owner.

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Vehicles in this recall

Chevrolet Malibu
1979
Oldsmobile Cutlass
1979

Notes

Vehicle description: passenger vehicles equipped with bench seats.system: interior; head restraints.consequences of defect: in the event of an accident in which a rear seatpassenger"s head impacts with the front seat head restraint, the possibility ofhead injury to the rear seat passenger may be increased.