Seats (Tradewinds)
Vehicle recall 93V-090. NHTSA received TRADEWINDS CONVERSIONS’s report on May 20, 1993.
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The short answer
NHTSA received TRADEWINDS CONVERSIONS’s report on May 20, 1993. 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?
OCCUPANTS IN SEATS THAT DO NOT MEET THE MINIMUM LOADREQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS 207 ARE SUBJECT TO INCREASED RISK OF INJURY IN ASUDDEN STOP OR ACCIDENT.
THE LATCHING OR LOCKING PIN ON THE MID-SEATING PEDESTAL DOES NOT CONSISTENTLY MEET THE MINIMUM LOAD TEST, AND DOES NOT COMPLY WITH FMVSS 207, “SEATING SYSTEMS.”
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Seats.
What should you do?
TRADEWINDS CONVERSIONS HAS NOT PROPOSED A CORRECTIVE ACTION.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: SYSTEM: INTERIORS; SEAT TRACK ANCHORS AND SEATS.VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: FORD TRUCK E150 CONVERSION VANS.NOTE: NHTSA HAS DENIED THE MANUFACTURER’S PETITION REQUESTING THAT NHTSADETERMINE THAT THIS FMVSS NON-COMPLIANCE DOES NOT CREATE AN UNREASONABLE RISKTO MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY. THEREFORE THE MANUFACTURER WILL CONDUCT AN OWNERNOTIFICATION AND REMEDY CAMPAIGN.
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 200 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Tradewinds Schoonerand 1993, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by TRADEWINDS CONVERSIONS.
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.
- 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 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.