Structure: body (Triumph)
Vehicle recall 79V-108. NHTSA received TRIUMPH MOTORCYCLES’s report on May 1, 1979.
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The short answer
NHTSA received TRIUMPH MOTORCYCLES’s report on May 1, 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.
THE INNERBEADED EDGE OF THE REAR FENDER DOES NOT PROVIDE SUFFICIENT TIRE CLEARANCE WHEN THE REAR SUSPENSION IS FULLY DEPRESSED.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Structure: body.
What should you do?
OWNER IS ADVISED TO PULL FENDER TO PRECLUDE INTERFERENCE WITH TIRE.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: MOTORCYCLES.SYSTEM: STRUCTURE; BODY.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: IF THIS CONDITION EXISTS, HEAVY PRESSURE ON REARSUSPENSION MAY CAUSE TIRE DAMAGE RESULTING IN SUDDEN TIRE FAILURE. THIS MAYCAUSE 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 1,863 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Triumph T1400and 1979, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by TRIUMPH MOTORCYCLES.
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.