Wheels: rim (Colt)
Vehicle equipment recall 75E-022. NHTSA received COLT’s report on May 14, 1975.
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The short answer
NHTSA received COLT’s report on May 14, 1975. 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: Wheels: rim.
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: CHROME REVERSE WHEEL PART NO 253-461.(14” X 6” WITH 5-BOLT PATTERN ON 4” BOLTCIRCLE).POSSIBILITY THAT WHEELS MAY HAVE INSUFFICIENT WELDS BETWEEN THECENTER DISC AND THE RIM.THIS COULD CAUSE THE WHEEL TO FAIL IN SERVICE, ANDSUCH FAILURE COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT.(CORRECT BY INSPECTING REPLACINGWHEELS AS NECESSARY).
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 431 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Colt ColtNHTSA gives no dates made
Who is recalling it?
- Made by COLT.
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.
- Which ones, by part or lot: the recall’s report on NHTSA’s site gives them where the maker did; this file gives part numbers only where its maker listed them.
- 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).
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