Visibility: windshield (Wayne)
Vehicle recall 88V-026. NHTSA received WAYNE CORPORATION’s report on Mar 7, 1988.
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The short answer
NHTSA received WAYNE CORPORATION’s report on Mar 7, 1988. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 26, 2026.
Every line below is in NHTSA’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
GLASS CAN BREAK IN SUCH A MANNER THAT DOES NOT COMPLYWITH FMVSS 205.
GLASS THAT HAS NOT BEEN TEMPERED WAS USED FOR PASSENGER WINDOWS.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 26, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Visibility: windshield.
What should you do?
REPLACE NONCOMPLYING GLASS.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 26, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: SYSTEM: WINDOW GLASS/FMVSS 205.VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: BUSES AND SCHOOL BUSES.
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 193 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 26, 2026. Updated daily.
- Wayne Lifeguardand 1988, before the model years listed here
- Wayne Chaperoneand 1988, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by WAYNE CORPORATION.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 26, 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 26, 2026 and checked Oct 26, 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 26, 2026.