Fuel system, gasoline: storage (Fram)
Vehicle equipment recall 79E-001. NHTSA received FRAM’s report on Dec 18, 1978.
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The short answer
NHTSA received FRAM’s report on Dec 18, 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 GASOLINE FILTERS CONTAIN THREADS THAT DO NOT SEAL PROPERLY WHEN SECURED INTO THE CARBURETOR AND ALLOW GASOLINE TO LEAK.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Fuel system, gasoline: storage.
What should you do?
THE DEALER WILL REPLACE DEFECTIVE FUEL FILTER WITH A NEW ONE FREE OF CHARGE.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE CATEGORY: PASSENGER VEHICLES AND LIGHT TRUCKS.SYSTEM: FUEL; GASOLINE FILTERS, MODEL G22 AND G22DP.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: IF GASOLINE DOES LEAK AND AN IGNITION SOURCE ISPRESENT, A FIRE COULD START IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND SPREAD THROUGHOUT THEVEHICLE. THIS COULD RESULT IN PERSONAL INJURY TO ANYONE IN THE VEHICLE.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 120,000 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Fram FramNHTSA gives no dates made
Who is recalling it?
- Made by FRAM.
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).
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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.