Fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly: mounting (EL Dorado)
Vehicle recall 73V-111. NHTSA received EL DORADO INDUSTRIES,INC.’s report on May 10, 1973.
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The short answer
NHTSA received EL DORADO INDUSTRIES,INC.’s report on May 10, 1973. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 28, 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 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly: mounting.
What should you do?
The notice gives no remedy in a field of its own.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: 18 FEET BOCA RATON 18 FOOT KEY WEST 18 1/2 FOOT SAN JUAN MINI HOMES.POSSIBILITY THAT A BOLT WHICH HOLDS THE MOUNTING BRACKET FOR THE AUXILIARY GASTANK WAS OMITTED IN PRODUCTION.IF THIS CONDITION EXISTS THE GAS TANK COULDCOME LOOSE AND FALL DOWN ON TRUCK SPRINGS.(CORRECT BY INSPECTING ANDINSTALLING TWO STRAP IRONS AROUND TANK AND BOLT THROUGH FLOOR).
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 218 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- EL Dorado Boca Ratonand 1973, before the model years listed here
- EL Dorado KEY Westand 1973, before the model years listed here
- EL Dorado SAN Juanand 1973, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by EL DORADO INDUSTRIES,INC..
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 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 28, 2026 and checked Oct 28, 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 28, 2026.