Seats: front assembly: head restraint (Superior Lima)
Vehicle recall 81V-115. NHTSA received SHELLER-GLOBE CORPORATION’s report on Oct 1, 1981.
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The short answer
NHTSA received SHELLER-GLOBE CORPORATION’s report on Oct 1, 1981. 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.
VEHICLES FAIL TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 222, “SCHOOL BUS PASSENGER SEATING AND CRASH PROTECTION”.
THE SEAT BACK CUSHIONS MAY NOT BE SOFT ENOUGH AND THE SEAT FRAMES MAY NOT HAVE BEEN INSTALLED TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT CLEARANCE BETWEEN THE SEATS.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Seats: front assembly: head restraint.
What should you do?
IMPROPER SEAT SPACING WILL BE CORRECTED AND NEW SEAT PADS WILL BE INSTALLED AT NO COST TO OWNERS.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: VAN SCHOOL BUSES.SYSTEM: INTERIOR; SEAT BACKS AND SEAT FRAMES.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT, THE IMPACT FORCE OF THEPASSENGER”S HEAD AGAINST THE SEAT BACK CUSHION WOULD NOT BE SPREAD OVER A WIDEENOUGH AREA. INSUFFICIENT CLEARANCE BETWEEN SEATS COULD ALSO RESULT IN LEGINJURY AND DIFFICULTY IN EXITING THE VEHICLE IF SEAT FRAMES ARE BENT BACK.
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 60 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Superior Lima Superior Limaand 1979, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by SHELLER-GLOBE CORPORATION.
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.
- 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 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.