Unknown or other (Century)
Vehicle equipment recall 79E-015. NHTSA received CENTURY WRECKER CORP.’s report on Jul 9, 1979.
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The short answer
NHTSA received CENTURY WRECKER CORP.’s report on Jul 9, 1979. 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.
THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THE BOLTS SECURING THE RING GEAR TO THE DRUM SHAFT MAY BE DEFECTIVE.
THESE BOLTS COULD BREAK WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, ALLOWING THE DRUM SHAFT TO SPIN UNRESTRAINED, THUS ALLOWING THE WINCH CABLE TO UNWIND.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Unknown or other.
What should you do?
DEALER WILL INSPECT AND REPLACE THE RING GEAR BOLTS AT NO CHARGE.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE CATEGORY: TRUCKS.SYSTEM: EQUIPMENT; HYDRAULIC WINCH, MODEL 400.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: IF THE WINCH CABLE UNWINDS WHILE SUPPORTING A TOWEDVEHICLE AND SAFETY CHAINS WERE NOT ATTACHED, THE TOWED VEHICLE COULD FALL,RESULTING IN A VEHICLE ACCIDENT.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 237 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Century 400NHTSA gives no dates made
Who is recalling it?
- Made by CENTURY WRECKER CORP..
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.