Structure: frame and members (Transamerican)
Vehicle recall 78V-041. NHTSA received TRANSAMERICAN ROOSEVELT’s report on Feb 22, 1978.
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The short answer
NHTSA received TRANSAMERICAN ROOSEVELT’s report on Feb 22, 1978. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 27, 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 FRONT FENDER BRACKET MAY BREAK IN SOME INSTANCES AS A RESULT OF METAL FATIGUE, BROUGHT ON BY NORMAL OPERATIONAL VIBRATIONS.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Structure: frame and members.
What should you do?
DEALER WILL REPLACE THE FRONT FENDER BRACKETS ON ALL INVOLVED VEHICLES WITHOUT CHARGE TO OWNERS.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: MOPEDS.SYSTEM: STRUCTURE; FENDER.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: THIS CONDITION MAY CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE FRONT WHEEL OFTHE VEHICLE AND MAY CAUSE LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND AN ACCIDENT.
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 1,083 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
- Transamerican Lazer Sport 50and 1977 and 1978, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by TRANSAMERICAN ROOSEVELT.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 27, 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 27, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 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 27, 2026.