Power train: manual transmission (Dana)
Vehicle equipment recall 78E-005. NHTSA received DANA CORPORATION’s report on Mar 23, 1978.
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The short answer
NHTSA received DANA CORPORATION’s report on Mar 23, 1978. 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.
THE OUTERMOST INPUT BEARING COULD FAIL DUE TO INSUFFICIENT LUBRICATION.
ADDITIONALLY, THE COUNTERSHAFT BORE PLUG HAS A TENDENCY TO MOVE OUT OF THE BORE IN THE TRANSMISSION HOUSING.
THE RESULT IS LOSS OF LUBRICANT IN THE AUXILIARY TRANSMISSION, WHICH CAN ALSO CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO BECOME IMMOBILE.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Power train: manual transmission.
What should you do?
DEALER WILL REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION UNIT WITH A FACTORY SUPPLIED UNIT, FREE OF CHARGE.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE CATEGORY: LIGHT TRUCKS.SYSTEM: POWER TRAIN; AUXILIARY TRANSMISSION, MODEL 4800; TRANSMISSION BEARING.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: VEHICLE COULD BECOME IMMOBILIZED IN TRAFFIC, WHICHCOULD LEAD TO A VEHICLE ACCIDENT.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 162 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Dana DanaNHTSA gives no dates made
Who is recalling it?
- Made by DANA CORPORATION.
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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