Recall campaign · NHTSA 76V035000
FORD MOTOR COMPANY filed this campaign with NHTSA on 1976-03-03.
No remedy is listed yet. This typically indicates the manufacturer reported the defect before finalizing a repair procedure.
FORD CAMPAIGN NO 185.1974, 1975 B SERIES AND 1975 F SERIES.TRUCKS AND BUSCHASSIS.POSSIBILITY THAT THE FRONT SPRING HANGER BRACKET ON WHICH THE CHANNELAND SIDE PLATE COMPONENTS ARE INSUFFICIENT SECURED WITH UPSET RIVETS.IF THISCONDITION EXISTS, BRACKETS INSTALLED ON VEHICLES WITH FRAME REINFORCEMENTS ATTHE LOCATION OF BRACKET ATTACHMENT COULD BECOME LOOSE AND CRACK IN SEVERE DUTYSERVICE.THIS CRACKING MAY RESULT IN COMPLETE SEPARATION OF BRACKET FROMFRAME.THIS,IN TURN, COULD ALLOW FRONT AXLE DISPLACEMENT OR SEPARATIONFROMVEHICLE WITH LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING TO DRIVER.IN ADDITION, FORD PARTS AND SERVICE DIVISION HAS REPORTED SALES OFAPPROXIMATELY 1,500 SUSPECT SPRING HANGER BRACKETS AS REPLACEMENT PARTS FOR1967 THROUGH 1973 MODEL B-SERIES VEHICLES.(CORRECT BY INSPECTING ANDREPLACING HANGER BRACKETS WITH NEW FMVSS 121 LEVEL COMPONENTS USING SPECIALBOLTS INSTEAD OF RIVETS).
4 model years across 2 models.
Safety recall repairs are provided free of charge by franchised dealers, regardless of vehicle age or mileage. This page displays aggregated data for the model year. To check recall status for a specific vehicle, search its VIN at nhtsa.gov.