Fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly: mounting (Nissan)
Vehicle recall 83V-058. NHTSA received NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.’s report on Jun 1, 1983.
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The short answer
NHTSA received NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.’s report on Jun 1, 1983. 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 LEFT SIDE FUEL TANK SUPPORT COULD BECOME RUSTY IF VEHICLE IS OPERATED IN AREAS WHERE SALT IS USED FOR SNOW REMOVAL.
SUPPORT MAY RUST ENTIRELY THROUGH, ALLOWING TANK TO TILT DOWN ON THE LEFT SIDE.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly: mounting.
What should you do?
UPON INSPECTION, CORRODED SUPPORT BRACKETS WILL BE REPLACED WITH REINFORCEMENT AND U-SHAPED BRACKETS.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES.SYSTEM: FUEL; FUEL TANK SUPPORT.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: SLIPPAGE OF THE TANK COULD RESULT IN FUEL LEAKAGE,POTENTIAL FOR A FIRE, AND PERSONAL INJURY.
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 328,318 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- Nissan B210and 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 and 1978, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC..
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.