Power train: clutch assembly: pedal/hand lever(motorcycle) (Marmon)
Vehicle recall 78V-007. NHTSA received MARMON MOTOR COMPANY’s report on Jan 16, 1978.
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The short answer
NHTSA received MARMON MOTOR COMPANY’s report on Jan 16, 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.
ON THE THREADED END OF THE CLUTCH ROD AT THE REINFORCEMENT PLATE, THE WELDING MAY CRACK AND LEAD TO CLUTCH ROD FAILURE.
IF FAILURE WERE TO OCCUR, THE DRIVER WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DISENGAGE THE CLUTCH.
THIS WOULD RESULT IN LOSS OF POWER TO THE DRIVE TRAIN.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Power train: clutch assembly: pedal/hand lever(motorcycle).
What should you do?
THE DEALER WILL REPLACE THE CLUTCH ROD WITH A TYPE HAVING A DIFFERENT CONFIGURATION.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: CAB-OVER-ENGINE TRUCKS.SYSTEM: POWER TRAIN; CLUTCH ROD.CONSEQUENCES OF DEECT: LOSS OF CLUTCH CONTROL CAN CAUSE LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROLWITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, AND A VEHICLE ACCIDENT.
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 56 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Marmon Marmonand 1977, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by MARMON MOTOR COMPANY.
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.
- 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 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.