Wheels: lugs/nuts/bolts/studs (Austin Healey)
Vehicle recall 73V-188. NHTSA received JAGUAR CARS’s report on Sep 14, 1973.
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The short answer
NHTSA received JAGUAR CARS’s report on Sep 14, 1973. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 24, 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 24, 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 24, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: BRITISH LEYLAND CAMPAIGN NO B184.POSSIBILITY THAT THE SELF LOCKING REAR AXLESHAFT NUT CAN WORK LOOSE, CAUSING THE REAR HUB TO WORK LOOSE ON THE TAPEREDSECTION OF THE AXLE SHAFT AND CHATTER AGAINST THE HUB LOCKING KEY.IF THISCONDITION EXISTS, CONTINUED DRIVING COULD CAUSE THE REAR HUB BRAKE DRUM ANDROAD WHEEL TO BECOME SEPARATED FROM THE AXLE SHAFT.(CORRECT BY INSPECTING ANDREPLACING LEFT REAR AXLE, HUB AND KEY 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 4,938 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
- Austin Healey Marinaand 1973, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by JAGUAR CARS.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 24, 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 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 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 24, 2026.