Power train: driveline: universal joint (Triumph)
Vehicle recall 72V-266. NHTSA received JAGUAR CARS’s report on Oct 31, 1972.
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The short answer
NHTSA received JAGUAR CARS’s report on Oct 31, 1972. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 23, 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 23, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Power train: driveline: universal joint.
What should you do?
The notice gives no remedy in a field of its own.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: BRITISH LEYLAND CAMPAIGN NO A422.POSSIBILITY THAT OUTER CARRIER FOR REARUNIVERSAL JOINT OF MAIN DRIVE SHAFT, WHICH IS SPIGOTTED INTO DRIVE SHAFT TUBEMAY DEVELOP RADIAL CRACKS DUE TO FORGING PROCESSES OF COMPONENT.(CORRECT BYINSPECTING AND REPLACING COMPLETE DRIVE SHAFT WHERE NECESSARY).
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 111 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
- Triumph Mark IVand 1972, before the model years listed here
- Triumph Spitfireand 1972, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by JAGUAR CARS.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 23, 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 23, 2026 and checked Oct 23, 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 23, 2026.