The defect
THE FRONT SUSPENSION CONTROL ARMS WERE ASSEMBLED WITH BALL JOINTS WHICH MAY CONTAIN SOCKETS THAT WERE NOT PROPERLY HEAT-TREATED. THIS MAY CAUSE THE SOCKET TO WEAR RAPIDLY AND ALLOW THE BALL JOINT STUD TO SEPARATE FROM THE SOCKET, CAUSING EITHER THE LEFT OR RIGHT WHEEL SUSPENSION TO COLLAPSE.
The remedy
DEALER WILL INSPECT AND, WHERE NECESSARY, WILL REPLACE THE BALL JOINTS WITHOUT CHARGE TO OWNER.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|
Components: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM
Other suspension recalls in 1977
16 of the 245 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 1977 concerned the suspension; GENERAL MOTORS CORP. filed 1,195 campaigns in all.
| 77V235000 28 Dec 1977 | INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER |
| 77V230000 27 Dec 1977 | DORSEY TRAILERS, INC. |
| 77V229000 20 Dec 1977 | CHRYSLER CORPORATION |
| 77V213000 29 Nov 1977 | PACCAR, INCORPORATED |
| 77V205000 21 Nov 1977 | MACK TRUCKS, INCORPORATED |
| 77V171000 12 Oct 1977 | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| 77V163000 27 Sept 1977 | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| 77V159000 22 Sept 1977 | FORD MOTOR COMPANY |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 1977