Rolls-Royce Steering: Gear Box (other Than Rack and Pinion)

Rolls-Royce is recalling about 336 vehicles over a problem with the steering.

Campaign
77V003000
Manufacturer
ROLLS-ROYCE MOTORS, INC.
Reported
6 January 1977
Vehicles
336
Built between
Not published
Models
2
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
24 December 1976
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

The manufacturer did not publish a build-date range for this recall, so the model and year list below is the only way to tell whether your vehicle is covered.

  • 1976 Rolls-Royce Bentley
  • 1976 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow

What the defect is

On the involved vehicles, the securing nut which fastens the pendulum lever to the steering box rocking shaft may not have been tightly fastened. Should the nut work loose and come off, the pendulum lever may be detached from the rocking shaft.

What gets fixed

THE DEALER WILL TIGHTEN THE SECURING NUT TO PROPER SPECIFICATIONS ON ALL INVOLVED VEHICLES.

Timeline

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA6 January 1977
  2. Owners notified24 December 1976

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 6 January 1977.

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
ROLLS-ROYCE MOTORS, 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

Vehicle description: passenger vehicles.system: steering; steering lever.consequences of defect: loss of steering could result leading to loss ofvehicle control and an accident.

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.

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