Steering: steering wheel/handle bar (Rolls-Royce)
Vehicle recall 74V-021. NHTSA received ROLLS-ROYCE MOTORS, INC.’s report on Feb 5, 1974.
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The short answer
NHTSA received ROLLS-ROYCE MOTORS, INC.’s report on Feb 5, 1974. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 25, 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 25, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Steering: steering wheel/handle bar.
What should you do?
The notice gives no remedy in a field of its own.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: ROLLS ROYCE CAMPAIGN NO RR 74/1.POSSIBILITY THAT THE UNIVERSAL COUPLINGCONSISTING OF A HOUSING IN WHICH TWO CAST BEARING BUTTONS RIDE IN A TROUGH TOCONTROL CENTRALIZATION AND END FLOAT MAY HAVE AN INCORRECT SQUARENESSRELATIONSHIP WITH THE MOUNTING SHANK AS WELL AS BEING POROUS.IF THISCONDITION EXISTS, IT COULD RESULT IN FAILURE OF THE BEARING BUTTONS.(CORRECTBY INSPECTING AND REPLACING BEARING BUTTONS 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 159 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.
- Rolls-Royce Cornicheand 1973, before the model years listed here
- Rolls-Royce Bentleyand 1973, before the model years listed here
- Rolls-Royce Silver Shadowand 1973, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by ROLLS-ROYCE MOTORS, INC..
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 25, 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 25, 2026 and checked Oct 25, 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 25, 2026.