Seat belts: front: anchorage (Nissan)
Vehicle recall 69V-178. NHTSA received NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.’s report on Dec 24, 1969.
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The short answer
NHTSA received NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.’s report on Dec 24, 1969. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 23, 2026.
Every line below is in NHTSA’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
The notice gives no hazard in a field of its own.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Seat belts: front: anchorage.
What should you do?
The notice gives no remedy in a field of its own.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: POSSIBILITY THAT WHEN DEALERS IN USA INSTALLED SEAT BELTS THEY FAILED TOINSTALL COTTER PINS IN FRONT LAP SEAT BELT HOOKS AFTER ATTACHING THEM TO EYEBOLTS ON FLOOR.WITHOUT COTTER PINS THERE IS POSSIBILITY THAT SEAT BELT COULDINADVERTENTLY BECOME DISENGAGED FROM ANCHOR- AGE.(CORRECT BY INSTALLINGCOTTER PINS WHERE NECESSARY.)
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 70,887 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
- Nissan 510and 1968 and 1969, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC..
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- NHTSA’s recall file doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt.
- Whether one vehicle or seat has been fixed: only its maker, or NHTSA’s lookup with a VIN, can say.
- This recall names only model years before 2015, which have no pages here. Your VIN, at NHTSA, says which recalls are open on a vehicle.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file before 2010 (FLAT_RCL_PRE_2010).
Released Oct 23, 2026 and checked Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
Vehicle, car seat, tire and vehicle equipment recalls, owner complaints and crash ratings are from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Copied on Oct 23, 2026.