Visibility: windshield wiper/washer (Triumph)
Vehicle recall 76V-085. NHTSA received JAGUAR CARS’s report on Jun 11, 1976.
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The short answer
NHTSA received JAGUAR CARS’s report on Jun 11, 1976. 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: Visibility: windshield wiper/washer.
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: TRIUMPH CAMPAIGN NO A431.POSSIBILTY THAT WHINDSHIELD WIPER ARMS AND BLADESREMOVED OR REPLACED IN SERVICE BY OWNERS OR INDEPENDENT REPAIRERS MAY HAVE BEENINSTALLED IMPROPERLY DUE TO INADEQUATE FITTING INSTRUCTIONS.IF THIS CONDITIONEXISTS THE WINDSHIELD WIPER AND WASHER SYSTEM FAILS TO MEET THE MINIMUMREQUIREMENT OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO.104.CORRECT BYINSPECTING AND INSTALLING PROPER WIPER ARMS AND BLADES TO MEET REQUIREMENTS OFFMVSS 104).
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 26,686 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.
- Triumph Spitfireand 1971, 1972 and 1973, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by JAGUAR CARS.
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.