Engine and engine cooling: exhaust system: manifold/header/muffler/tail pipe (Maremont)
Vehicle equipment recall 80E-003. NHTSA received MAREMONT’s report on Jan 29, 1980.
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The short answer
NHTSA received MAREMONT’s report on Jan 29, 1980. 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.
SOME OF THE INVOLVED PIPES WERE SHIPPED WITHOUT THE REQUIRED HEAT SHIELD CLAMPED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PIPE.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Engine and engine cooling: exhaust system: manifold/header/muffler/tail pipe.
What should you do?
THE MANUFACTURER WILL REPAIR DEFECTIVE PIPE BY INSTALLING A HEAT SHIELD OR WILL PROVIDE A REPLACEMENT PIPE, IF NECESSARY.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE CATEGORY: PASSENGER VEHICLES WITH EXHAUST EXTENSION PIPES.SYSTEM: EXHAUST; MAREMONT EXTENSION PIPE, PART NO. ES 6397.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: IF THE EXHAUST PIPE SHOULD COME INTO CONTACT WITH DRYGRASS OR OTHER FLAMMABLE VEGETATION, THE HEAT OF THE PIPE COULD START A FIREAND CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE AND PERSONAL INJURY.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 49 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Maremont MaremontBuilt from Nov 1, 1979 to Nov 1, 1979
Who is recalling it?
- Made by MAREMONT.
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.