Structure: frame and members (Dodge and Plymouth)
Vehicle recall 80V-027. NHTSA received CHRYSLER CORPORATION’s report on Mar 14, 1980.
Watch and the shortlist are kept with a free account, on every device. Your watch list. NHTSA’s own record is on nhtsa.gov.
The short answer
NHTSA received CHRYSLER CORPORATION’s report on Mar 14, 1980. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 28, 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 FRONT RAIL EXTENSION MAY EXPERIENCE FATIGUE CRACKING NEAR THE AREA WHERE THE POWER STEERING GEAR ATTACHES TO THE FRAME.
IF THE CRACK PROGRESSES THROUGH MOST OR ALL OF THE RAIL SECTION, STEERING SYSTEM FREE PLAY ACCOMPANIED BY METALLIC RATTLE NOISE WILL BE EXPERIENCED.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Structure: frame and members.
What should you do?
AFFECTED VEHICLES WILL BE WELD REPAIRED AND A REINFORCEMENT ROD WILL BE INSTALLED OVER THE CRACKED AREA.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: LIGHT TRUCKS.SYSTEM: STRUCTURE; LEFT FRONT FRAME RAIL.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: THE CRACK CONDITION MAY CAUSE A COMPLETE LOSS OFSTEERING 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 1,000,000 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- Dodge CB300and 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 and 1978, before the model years listed here
- Dodge CB400and 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 and 1978, before the model years listed here
- Dodge MB400and 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 and 1978, before the model years listed here
- Dodge B100and 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 and 1978, before the model years listed here
- Plymouth B100and 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 and 1978, before the model years listed here
- Dodge B200and 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 and 1978, before the model years listed here
- Plymouth B200and 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 and 1978, before the model years listed here
- Dodge B300and 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 and 1978, before the model years listed here
- Plymouth B300and 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 and 1978, before the model years listed here
- Dodge MB300and 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 and 1978, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by CHRYSLER CORPORATION.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 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 28, 2026 and checked Oct 28, 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 28, 2026.