Steering: gear box (other than rack and pinion) (AM General)
Vehicle recall 76V-129. NHTSA received AM GENERAL CORPORATION’s report on Aug 16, 1976.
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The short answer
NHTSA received AM GENERAL CORPORATION’s report on Aug 16, 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: Steering: gear box (other than rack and pinion).
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: AM GENERAL CAMPAIGN NO PS-152.TRUCKS, TWO UNIT CHASSIS WITH POWER PACKAGE.POSSIBILITY THAT IMPROPER LENGTH STEERING GEAR MOUNTING BOLTS WERE USED ANDCOULD RESULT IN BOLTS BOTTOMING OUT IN THE TAPPED GEAR HOUSING HOLES.THISCONDITION COULD CAUSE STEERING GEAR FLEXING OR EXCESSIVE WANDER, AND POSSIBLELOSS OF STEERING CONTROL.(CORRECT BY INSPECTING AND REPLACING BOLTS ANDRELATED FASTENERS WITH PROPER LENGTH BOLTS AND FASTENERS).
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 22 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.
- AM General Powrpakand 1975 and 1976, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by AM GENERAL CORPORATION.
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.