Seat belts: front: buckle assembly (Indiana Mills)
Vehicle equipment recall 80E-022. NHTSA received INDIANA’s report on Sep 18, 1980.
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The short answer
NHTSA received INDIANA’s report on Sep 18, 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.
THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE PUSH BUTTON ON THE BUCKLE COULD BREAK.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Seat belts: front: buckle assembly.
What should you do?
DEALER WILL REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY WITHOUT CHARGE TO OWNER.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE CATEGORY: BUSES AND DELIVERY TRUCKS.SYSTEM: INTERIOR; SEAT BELT BUCKLES; MODEL NO. 13750 AL.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: THIS WOULD MAKE IT DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEVEHICLE OCCUPANT TO RELEASE HIMSELF FROM THE SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY. THIS COULDRESULT IN INJURY OR DEATH IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 2,636 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Indiana Mills Indiana MillsBuilt from Jul 1, 1978 to Jan 1, 1979
Who is recalling it?
- Made by INDIANA.
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.
- Which ones, by part or lot: the recall’s report on NHTSA’s site gives them where the maker did; this file gives part numbers only where its maker listed them.
- 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).
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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.