Equipment: mechanical: integrated jack/leveler/stabilizer (G. I. JOE)
Vehicle equipment recall 78E-006. NHTSA received G.I.’s report on Mar 28, 1978.
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The short answer
NHTSA received G.I.’s report on Mar 28, 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 INVOLVED JACKS MAY FAIL TO LIFT ANY WEIGHT OR MAY LIFT SPECIFIED WEIGHT BUT NOT BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN IT IN SUSPENSION.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Equipment: mechanical: integrated jack/leveler/stabilizer.
What should you do?
OWNERS SHOULD RETURN DEFECTIVE JACKS FOR A FULL REFUND.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE CATEGORY: PASSENGER VEHICLES.SYSTEM: EQUIPMENT; JACKS, MODEL NO. J-204.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: JACK FAILURE COULD RESULT IN VEHICLE DAMAGE AND SERIOUSPERSONAL INJURY.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 462 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- G. I. JOE G. I. JOENHTSA gives no dates made
Who is recalling it?
- Made by G.I..
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).
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 20, 2026.