NHTSA recall 88V061000

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Campaign
Published by	NHTSA (United States)
Campaign number	88V061000
Manufacturer	CHRYSLER CORPORATION
Reported	1988-04-08
Owners notified	1988-10-07
Component	SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:POWER ADJUST
Units potentially affected	1500

What is wrong

A SERVICE REPLACEMENT DRIVERS SEAT CUSHION (MANUAL SEAT TYPE) MAY CONTAIN WRONG CUSHION WITH A BRACE THAT COULD INTERFERE WITH POWER SEAT ADJUSTER MECHANISM AND CAUSE STRESS ON THE FRAME.

What can happen

SEAT FRAME COULD FRACTURE AND RESULT IN SIGNIFICANTREARWARD MOVEMENT OF THE SEAT BACK.

The remedy

REPLACE FRAME WITH PROPER POWER SEAT FRAME.

Notes

SYSTEM: SEAT FRAME.VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER CARS EQUIPPED WITH OPTIONAL POWER ADJUSTER BUCKETOR 50/50 FRONT SEATS.

Vehicles this campaign lists
1985 CHRYSLER LEBARON	Built 1984-08-01 to 1986-07-01.
1986 CHRYSLER LEBARON	Built 1984-08-01 to 1986-07-01.
1986 CHRYSLER NEW YORKER	Built 1984-08-01 to 1986-07-01.
1985 DODGE 600	Built 1984-08-01 to 1986-07-01.
1986 DODGE 600	Built 1984-08-01 to 1986-07-01.
1986 PLYMOUTH CARAVELLE	Built 1984-08-01 to 1986-07-01.

A vehicle with no link is not in this site's catalog, which covers cars, multipurpose vehicles and trucks by model year. The campaign is from data as of 2026-10-19.

Investigated as EA88008

This recall followed 1 NHTSA investigation. An investigation is NHTSA looking into a possible defect. It is not a finding that a defect exists, and it does not say that any one vehicle is affected.

NHTSA investigations that led to this recall
EA88008	Engineering analysis, opened 1987-11-17, closed 1988-05-18. SEAT ATTACHMENT. SEATS.

From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. The JSON has NHTSA's summary of each.