The defect
THE GEAR POSITION INDICATORS ON CERTAIN VEHICLES MAY BE TOO SHORT TO BE READILY VISIBLE TO SOME DRIVERS. THIS IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 101, "CONTROLS AND DISPLAY", WHICH STATES THAT THE GEAR POSITION DISPLAY MUST BE VISIBLE TO DRIVER.
The remedy
IF POINTER OF GEAR POSITION INDICATOR IS FOUND TO BE TOO SHORT, IT WILL BE REPLACED WITHOUT CHARGE TO OWNER.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Ford Econoline | 1981 |
Components: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION:SHIFT PATTERN INDICATOR
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ford Econoline | 1981 | 0 | 1 |
Other power train recalls in 1981
8 of the 157 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 1981 concerned the power train; FORD MOTOR COMPANY filed 963 campaigns in all.
| 81V144000 1 Dec 1981 | HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTOR CO. |
| 81V135000 27 Oct 1981 | VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA,INC |
| 81V119000 7 Oct 1981 | KAWASAKI MOTORS CORP. |
| 81V089000 14 Jul 1981 | MACK TRUCKS, INCORPORATED |
| 81V063000 22 May 1981 | NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. |
| 81V008000 12 Jan 1981 | FORD MOTOR COMPANY |
| 81V007000 9 Jan 1981 | CHRYSLER CORPORATION |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 1981