Suspension: rear: axle: non-powered axle assembly (Redwood Reliance)
Vehicle recall 78V-127. NHTSA received REDWOOD RELIANCE COMPANY’s report on Jun 6, 1978.
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The short answer
NHTSA received REDWOOD RELIANCE COMPANY’s report on Jun 6, 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 AXLE BEAM USED IN THE STEERING AXLE COULD CRACK AT THE ENDS OF THE DRAWBAR MOUNTING SUPPORTS.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Suspension: rear: axle: non-powered axle assembly.
What should you do?
THE DEALER WILL CORRECT THIS DEFECT BY REINFORCING THE LOWER AXLE BEAM AT THE DRAWBAR SUPPORT BRACKET, FREE OF CHARGE, ON ALL AFFECTED VEHICLES.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: TRANSFER TRAILERS.SYSTEM: STEERING; AXLE BEAM.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: FAILURE OF THE AXLE BEAMS COULD RESULT IN LOSS OFSTEERING, 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 379 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
- Redwood Reliance Redwood Relianceand 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976 and 1977, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by REDWOOD RELIANCE COMPANY.
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.