Visibility: glass, side/rear (Dabryan)
Vehicle recall 89V-217. NHTSA received DABRYAN COACH BUILDERS’s report on Nov 21, 1989.
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The short answer
NHTSA received DABRYAN COACH BUILDERS’s report on Nov 21, 1989. 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?
VEHICLES WOULD NOT COMPLY WITH FMVSS 205.
HEAVILY TINTED WINDOWS MAY NOT BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH LIGHT TRANSMISSION REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS 205.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 26, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Visibility: glass, side/rear.
What should you do?
REMOVE OR LIGHTEN WINDOW TINTING TO ASSURE COMPLIANCE.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 26, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: SYSTEM: WINDOWS / FMVSS 205.VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER CARS.
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 1,335 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 26, 2026. Updated daily.
- Dabryan Limousineand 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 and 1989, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by DABRYAN COACH BUILDERS.
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.