Wheels: lugs/nuts/bolts/studs (Shelby)
Vehicle recall 69V-089. NHTSA received SHELBY AUTOMOBILES, INC.’s report on Jun 30, 1969.
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The short answer
NHTSA received SHELBY AUTOMOBILES, INC.’s report on Jun 30, 1969. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 26, 2026.
Every line below is in NHTSA’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
The notice gives no hazard in a field of its own.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 26, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Wheels: lugs/nuts/bolts/studs.
What should you do?
The notice gives no remedy in a field of its own.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 26, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: POSSIBILITY THAT ALUMINUM CENTER WHEELS INSTALLED ON VEHICLES MAY HAVEINADEQUATE BOLT HOLE CHAM- FERS.THIS COULD CAUSE LUGS TO LOOSEN ANDEVENTUALLY DISENGAGE WHEEL FROM VEHICLE.(CORRECT BY REPLACING WHEELS AND LUGNUTS WITH IMPROVED ONES.)
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 1,277 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 26, 2026. Updated daily.
- Shelby GT350and 1969, before the model years listed here
- Shelby GT500and 1969, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by SHELBY AUTOMOBILES, INC..
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 26, 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 26, 2026 and checked Oct 26, 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 26, 2026.