Steering: gear box (other than rack and pinion) (Lodal)
Vehicle recall 84V-022. NHTSA received LODAL, INC’s report on Mar 5, 1984.
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The short answer
NHTSA received LODAL, INC’s report on Mar 5, 1984. 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 ASSEMBLY THAT CONNECTS THE STEERING SHAFT TO THE STEERING GEAR HAS A LOOSE CONNECTION WHICH ALLOWS EXCESSIVE PLAY IN THE STEERING WHEEL.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Steering: gear box (other than rack and pinion).
What should you do?
IF THE COMPONENTS ARE FOUND TO BE LOOSE, A STEERING SPROCKET AND YOKE ASSEMBLY WILL BE REPLACED. IF THE SPLINES OF THE STEERING GEAR INPUT SHAFT ARE WORN, THE SHAFT WILL ALSO BE REPLACED.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: TRUCKS, SERIES 3600 AND 3400.SYSTEM: STEERING; SHAFT.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: THIS CONDITION COULD CAUSE LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL,RESULTING IN 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 160 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated daily.
- Lodal Lodaland 1980, 1981, 1982 and 1983, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by LODAL, 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.