Suspension: front: springs: coil springs (Boise Cascade)
Vehicle recall 72V-271. NHTSA received BENDIX’s report on Nov 7, 1972.
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The short answer
NHTSA received BENDIX’s report on Nov 7, 1972. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 20, 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 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Suspension: front: springs: coil springs.
What should you do?
The notice gives no remedy in a field of its own.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: BENDIX HOME SYSTEM CAMPAIGN NO N/A.20-FOOT LIFETIME LEISURE LODGE MOTOR HOME.POSSIBILITY THAT STEEL SPACER BLOCK INSERTS USED BETWEEN FRONT COIL SPRINGS TOCORRECT NOSEDOWN CONDITION CAUSED UNDUE STRESSES WHICH RESULTED IN ACCELERATEDSPRING FAILURE RATE.FAILURE OF FRONT COIL SPRING COULD CAUSE POSSIBLE LOSS OFSTEERING.(CORRECT BY INSPECTING AND REPLACING SPACER WITH HELPER SPRINGS.)
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 35 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Boise Cascade Boise Cascadeand 1972, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by BENDIX.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 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 20, 2026 and checked Oct 20, 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 20, 2026.