- Vehicles
- 20,156
- Built between
- Dec 1979 – Dec 1980
- Models
- 1
- Recall type
- Equipment
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- 22 December 1980
- Repaired
- Not reported
- Unrepaired
- Not reported
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between December 1979 and December 1980. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- Allison Div Allison DIVBuilt December 1979 to December 1980
What the defect is
These engines have an engine speed governor with a linkage lock that may loosen or completely separate.
What gets fixed
A NEW GOVERNOR LINKAGE LOCK WILL BE INSTALLED. THIS REPAIR IS TO BE DONE AT THE SAME TIME AS THE REPAIR FOR CAMPAIGN 80C-3.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtDecember 1979 to December 1980
- Recall reported to NHTSA2 December 1981
- Owners notified22 December 1980
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 2 December 1981.
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
- ALLISON
- 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 category: medium trucks and school buses equipped with 8.2 liter dieselengines.system: engine and engine cooling; governor linkage regulator.consequences of defect: if the lock loosens, the engine will continue to rundespite attempts to turn it off normally. If the lock breaks, other componentscould be damaged, possibly causing loss of throttle control, without priorwarning, and an accident.note: in the event a loss of throttle control occurs before the vehicle ismodified, shift into neutral and apply brakes until vehicle comes to a completestop.
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.