Electrical system: 12v/24v/48v battery: cables (Flxible)
Vehicle recall 82V-065. NHTSA received GRUMMAN FLXIBLE CORP.’s report on Jun 25, 1982.
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The short answer
NHTSA received GRUMMAN FLXIBLE CORP.’s report on Jun 25, 1982. 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 SECTION THAT CARRIES THE POWER CABLES FROM THE BATTERIES TO THE ENGINE (CALLED THE “HAT” SECTION) COULD FRACTURE CAUSING THE MAIN POWER CABLE TO CHAFE.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Electrical system: 12v/24v/48v battery: cables.
What should you do?
THE END SUPPORT WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE “HAT” SECTION AND A COMPONENT CALLED A STIFFENER WILL BE ADDED. ALSO, THE CABLES WILL BE REPOSITIONED, WITHOUT CHARGE TO OWNER.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: BUSES, ADVANCED DESIGN.SYSTEM: ELECTRICAL; “HAT” SECTION POWER CABLE CARRIER.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: AN ELECTRICAL SHORT COULD OCCUR AND COULD LEAD TO AVEHICLE FIRE AND PERSONAL INJURY TO PASSENGERS.
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 89 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Flxible Transit Coachand 1979, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by GRUMMAN FLXIBLE 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.
- 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.