Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings (English Ford)
Vehicle recall 72V-024. NHTSA received FORD MTR CO-OVERSEAS’s report on Jan 31, 1972.
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The short answer
NHTSA received FORD MTR CO-OVERSEAS’s report on Jan 31, 1972. 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: Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings.
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: CAMPAIGN NO 61G.POSSIBILITY THAT BRAKE TUBES MAY HAVE BEEN ROUTED TO ALLOWINSUFFICIENT CLEARANCE BETWEEN FRONT BRAKE LINE AND STEERING COLUMN LOWERBEARING COVER ASSEMBLY IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT.IF CONDITION EXISTS, IS POSSIBLEFOR LINE TO BE WORN THROUGH BY CHAFING.(CORRECT BY INSPECTING AND REROUTINGWHERE FOUND NECESSARY.)
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 1,482 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 26, 2026. Updated daily.
- English Ford Cortinaand 1971 and 1972, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by FORD MTR CO-OVERSEAS.
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.