Child seat (Century)
Car seat recall 82C-022. NHTSA received CENTURY PRODUCTS’s report on Dec 3, 1982.
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The short answer
NHTSA received CENTURY PRODUCTS’s report on Dec 3, 1982. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 28, 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.
THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS THAT THE PLASTIC UPHOLSTERY BUTTON USED TO ATTACH THE UPHOLSTERY TO THE CAR SEAT FRAME COULD COME LOOSE.
THOUGH REMOVAL OF THESE BUTTONS DOES NOT AFFECT THE PERFORMANCE OR FUNCTION OF THE CAR SEAT, A CHILD COULD PLACE ONE OF THEM IN HIS/HER MOUTH.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Child seat.
What should you do?
THE DEALER WILL INSPECT AND INSTALL A REPLACEMENT KIT HAVING REDESIGNED BUTTONS THAT CANNOT BE REMOVED.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: SYSTEM: CHILD SAFETY SEAT.EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION: CHILD SEAT, MODEL NOS. 4100 AND 42OO.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: A CHILD COULD SWALLOW ONE OF THESE BUTTONS AND,POSSIBLY, CHOKE TO DEATH. ( PREVIOUS RECALL NUMBER 82E022000)
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 61,845 seats potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
Who is recalling it?
- Made by CENTURY PRODUCTS.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 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 28, 2026 and checked Oct 28, 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 28, 2026.