Hearth Record

Suspension: front: springs: coil springs (Ford)

Vehicle recall 83V-032. NHTSA received FORD MOTOR COMPANY’s report on Mar 22, 1983.

NHTSA’s own record, on nhtsa.gov

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The short answer

NHTSA received FORD MOTOR COMPANY’s report on Mar 22, 1983. 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 VEHICLES MAY HAVE BEEN BUILT WITH IMPROPERLY HEAT TREATED FRONT SUSPENSION LOWER SPRING SEAT ATTACHING STUDS.

THESE STUDS COULD FRACTURE DURING VEHICLE OPERATION, ALLOWING THE LOWER SPRING SEAT TO MOVE AND POSSIBLY SLIDE OFF THE AXLE.

Source:

NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.

  • NHTSA’s part: Suspension: front: springs: coil springs.

What should you do?

THE DEALER WILL REPLACE THE LOWER SPRING SEAT STUDS ON BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES OF THE VEHICLE AT NO CHARGE TO OWNERS.

Source:

NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.

  • How to reach the firm: VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: LIGHT TRUCKS.SYSTEM: SUSPENSION; FRONT SUSPENSION ASSEMBLY STUDS.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: THIS COULD CAUSE ERRATIC STEERING. A RUPTURE OF THEFRONT BRAKE HOSE COULD OCCUR, RESULTING IN LOSS OF FRONT WHEEL BRAKING. CHANGESIN STEERING AND A LOSS OF FRONT BRAKES COULD CAUSE A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROLPOSSIBLY RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT.NOTE: THE OPERATOR MAY BE FOREWARNED OF THE CONDITION BY A CHANGE IN VEHICLEATTITUDE, ABNORMAL POSITION OF THE AFFECTED FRONT WHEEL, FRONT END NOISE, ACHANGE IN STEERING EFFORTS OR STEERING PULL, OR ILLUMINATION OF THE BRAKEWARNING LIGHT.
  • Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.

Which ones are recalled?

NHTSA counts 1,102 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.

Source:

NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.

  • Ford Rangerand 1983, before the model years listed here

Who is recalling it?

  • Made by FORD MOTOR COMPANY.
Source:

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.
Source:

Hearth Record wrote these lines.

Sources

Source:

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.

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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