Child seat (Century)
Car seat recall 80C-024. NHTSA received CENTURY PRODUCTS’s report on Oct 1, 1980.
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The short answer
NHTSA received CENTURY PRODUCTS’s report on Oct 1, 1980. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 20, 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.
CHILD SAFETY SEATS MAY FAIL TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 213, “CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS”.
THE ADJUSTMENT SLIDE ON THE AUXILIARY HARNESS ALLOWS EXCESSIVE HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT WHEN TESTED UNDER CRASH CONDITIONS.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Child seat.
What should you do?
REPLACEMENT AUXILIARY HARNESSES WILL BE PROVIDED WITHOUT CHARGE.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: SYSTEM: CHILD SAFETY SEAT.EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION: SAFE-T-RIDER CHILD SAFETY SEAT.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT, CHILD MAY NOT BEADEQUATELY RESTRAINED AND SERIOUS PERSONAL INJURY COULD RESULT. ( PREVIOUS RECALL NUMBER 80E024000)
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 7,000 seats potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
Who is recalling it?
- Made by CENTURY PRODUCTS.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 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.
- 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 20, 2026 and checked Oct 20, 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 20, 2026.