Seats: front assembly: seat heater/cooler (Allison DIV)
Vehicle equipment recall 84E-022. NHTSA received ALLISON’s report on Sep 24, 1984.
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The short answer
NHTSA received ALLISON’s report on Sep 24, 1984. 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.
SEAT WARMER MAY SHORT CIRCUIT OR OVERHEAT DUE TO MANUFACTURING DEFECT.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Seats: front assembly: seat heater/cooler.
What should you do?
OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT MANUFACTURER FOR INSTRUCTIONS ON RETURNING THE PRODUCT FOR A FULL REFUND.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE CATEGORY: PASSENGER VEHICLES.SYSTEM: ELECTRIC POWER ACCESSORIES; SEAT WARMERS.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: OVERHEATING MAY RESULT IN A FIRE AND PERSONAL INJURY.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 3,936 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Allison DIV Allison DIVBuilt from Sep 1, 1983 to Jan 1, 1984
Who is recalling it?
- Made by ALLISON.
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).
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.