Recall Register

Colt: equipment recalls

NHTSA lists 2 equipment recall campaigns for Colt. NHTSA received the reports from 1975 to 1978. The campaigns have 1,174 units in total. The newest campaign is 78E024000. NHTSA received the report on 8 Sep 1978.

The defect, the consequence and the remedy on this page are the summaries in the NHTSA recall file. The file names the manufacturer that filed each recall report.

NHTSA recall file through .

Recall campaigns

2 campaigns, newest first. 1,174 units in total.

  1. 78E024000Received . 743 units.

    Vehicle Speed Control

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Carburetors could exhibit a failure of the throttle to close, due to throttle shaft sticking. Failure of throttle to close would result in continued acceleration even after the accelerator pedal has been released.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealer will replace defective carburetor free of charge.

    Products named: Colt.

    Report filed by COLT.

  2. 75E022000Received . 431 units.

    Wheels / Rim

    Products named: Colt.

    Report filed by COLT.

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Counts

Colt equipment campaigns, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 1975, with 1 campaign.
Colt: campaigns for each component
ComponentCampaigns
Vehicle Speed Control1
Wheels1

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. Colt: equipment recalls. https://recallregister.com/equipment/other/colt/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
30 Sep 2026

Manufacturers in the recall file: COLT.

The brand is the make that NHTSA records for the campaign. A campaign that names 2 brands is on the page of each brand. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

How many units does a Colt equipment campaign have?
The median Colt campaign has 743 units. The median of all 2,866 equipment campaigns is 1,677 units.
Which component do the Colt campaigns name most often?
Vehicle Speed Control, in 1 campaign. The component is the first component in the NHTSA record of a campaign.