Suspension: front: springs: leaf spring assembly: hanger,bracket (Ford)
Vehicle recall 76V-035. NHTSA received FORD MOTOR COMPANY’s report on Mar 3, 1976.
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The short answer
NHTSA received FORD MOTOR COMPANY’s report on Mar 3, 1976. 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: Suspension: front: springs: leaf spring assembly: hanger,bracket.
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: FORD CAMPAIGN NO 185.1974, 1975 B SERIES AND 1975 F SERIES.TRUCKS AND BUSCHASSIS.POSSIBILITY THAT THE FRONT SPRING HANGER BRACKET ON WHICH THE CHANNELAND SIDE PLATE COMPONENTS ARE INSUFFICIENT SECURED WITH UPSET RIVETS.IF THISCONDITION EXISTS, BRACKETS INSTALLED ON VEHICLES WITH FRAME REINFORCEMENTS ATTHE LOCATION OF BRACKET ATTACHMENT COULD BECOME LOOSE AND CRACK IN SEVERE DUTYSERVICE.THIS CRACKING MAY RESULT IN COMPLETE SEPARATION OF BRACKET FROMFRAME.THIS,IN TURN, COULD ALLOW FRONT AXLE DISPLACEMENT OR SEPARATIONFROMVEHICLE WITH LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING TO DRIVER.IN ADDITION, FORD PARTS AND SERVICE DIVISION HAS REPORTED SALES OFAPPROXIMATELY 1,500 SUSPECT SPRING HANGER BRACKETS AS REPLACEMENT PARTS FOR1967 THROUGH 1973 MODEL B-SERIES VEHICLES.(CORRECT BY INSPECTING ANDREPLACING HANGER BRACKETS WITH NEW FMVSS 121 LEVEL COMPONENTS USING SPECIALBOLTS INSTEAD OF RIVETS).
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 11,911 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
- Ford F Seriesand 1974 and 1975, before the model years listed here
- Ford B Seriesand 1974 and 1975, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by FORD MOTOR COMPANY.
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.