Seat belts: rear/other (Empire)
Vehicle recall 90V-092. NHTSA received EMPIRE COACH COMPANY’s report on May 9, 1990.
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The short answer
NHTSA received EMPIRE COACH COMPANY’s report on May 9, 1990. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 27, 2026.
Every line below is in NHTSA’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
OCCUPANT OF THESE SEATS WOULD BE SUBJECT TO INCREASED INJURY IN EVENT OF A SUDDEN STOP OR ACCIDENT AND VEHICLES DO NOT COMPLY WITH FMVSS 208.
VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: LIMOUSINES BUILT BY EMPIRE COACH.
SAFETY BELTS MAY NOT HAVE BEEN INSTALLED FOR REAR FACING SEATS.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Seat belts: rear/other.
What should you do?
INSTALL ADDITIONAL SAFETY BELTS.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: SYSTEM: SAFETY BELTS; FMVSS 208.VEHICLE DESCRIPTION:LIMOUSINES MANUFACTURED BY COACH..
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 544 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
- Empire Cadillac Fleetwoodand 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 and 1989, before the model years listed here
- Empire Lincoln Town Carand 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 and 1989, before the model years listed here
- Empire Limousineand 1983, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by EMPIRE COACH COMPANY.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 27, 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 27, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 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 27, 2026.