- Vehicles
- 785
- Built between
- Jul 1972 – Feb 1973
- Models
- 3
- Recall type
- Vehicle
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- 15 March 1973
- Repaired
- Not reported
- Unrepaired
- Not reported
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between July 1972 and February 1973. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- 1972-1973 Ford B700Built July 1972 to February 1973
- 1972-1973 Ford B7000Built July 1972 to February 1973
- 1972-1973 Ford B750Built July 1972 to February 1973
Timeline
- Vehicles builtJuly 1972 to February 1973
- Recall reported to NHTSA5 March 1973
- Owners notified15 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 5 March 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
- FORD MOTOR COMPANY
- 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
Ford campaign no H-8B.BUS chassis.possibility that the service and parkingbrake system nylon air brake tubes may have been improperly routed duringproduction.if this condition exists, the lines are too close to the exhaustinlet pipe, immediately forward of the number three crossmember, and couldcause them to melt under normal exhaust operating temperatures.should thisoccur to service brake tubes the result would be loss of air pressure andpartial or total loss of service brake performance.similiarly melting of theparking brake tubes would result in a loss of air pressure causing the rearbrakes to be applied automatically and unexpectedly.(correct by inspectingand re-route tubes and replace if necessary.)
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.