Open Road Structure: Frame and Members

Open Road is recalling about 507 vehicles over a problem with the structure.

Campaign
73V043000
Manufacturer
OPEN ROAD IND., INC.
Reported
20 February 1973
Vehicles
507
Built between
Mar 1970 – Oct 1972
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
12 March 1973
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between March 1970 and October 1972. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 1970-1972 Open Road Open RoadBuilt March 1970 to October 1972

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtMarch 1970 to October 1972
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA20 February 1973
  3. Owners notified12 March 1973

Your rights

A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.

That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 20 February 1973.

To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
OPEN ROAD IND., INC.
Recall initiated by
MFR

Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

Additional notes

Open road campaign no N/A.22 & 23 ft.motor home.possibility that due tobuilding a 22 foot or 23 foot motor home on a 157 inch or 159 inch wheelbasechassis which does not provide for a correct center of gravity by placingtoo much weight on the front suspension system.(correct by relocatingcomponents and extending rear wall and floor and roof 32 inches in rear.)

Check your own vehicle

This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.

A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.

Same component

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