- Vehicles
- 368
- Built between
- Oct 1977 – May 1978
- Models
- 1
- Recall type
- Vehicle
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- 23 August 1979
- Repaired
- Not reported
- Unrepaired
- Not reported
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between October 1977 and May 1978. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- 1978 Flxible FlxibleBuilt October 1977 to May 1978
What the defect is
Parking brakes on the involved vehicles may not release or release completely. This could lead to abnormal heating of the rockwell parking brake drum during vehicle operation. This may cause burning or thermal cracking of the drum surface. The weakened drum then becomes subject to failure under the centrifugal forces of the propshaft rotation which pull the drum outwards when it is rotating rapidly around the propshaft center.
What gets fixed
THE DEALER WILL REPLACE THE EXISTING BRAKE DRUM WITH ROCKWELL PART #3219-H-4350, WITHOUT CHARGE TO OWNER.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtOctober 1977 to May 1978
- Recall reported to NHTSA3 August 1979
- Owners notified23 August 1979
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 3 August 1979.
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
- GRUMMAN FLXIBLE CORP.
- 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: buses.system: service brakes; parking brake, drum.consequences of defect: if such a failure occurs when the propshaft isoperating, the drum can disintegrate with an explosive force. This could causeloss of vehicle 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.