Recall Register

Budd: recalls by model and year

NHTSA lists 2 vehicle recall campaigns for Budd. The register has 1 model line of the make, model years 1974 to 1981. NHTSA has 1 complaint on file for this model line.

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Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .

Model lines

1 model line, in the order of the number of complaints.

Budd: recall campaigns and complaints for each model line
Model lineModel yearsCampaignsComplaintsComplaints for each model yearComponent with the most mentions
Budd5210.2Equipment

This table compares the model lines of Budd only. The NHTSA files have no sales figures. A model line with more vehicles on the road gets more complaints. This site does not compare one make with a different make.

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

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Newest recall campaigns

The newest 2 of 2.

  1. 78V233000Received . 568 units.

    Service Brakes, Air / Disc / Chamber

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    The piston in the antilock valve could stick due to exposure to high concentrations of fluid contaminants that may collect in the trailer braking system. Consequently, no air would be delivered to the braking chambers normally supplied by this valve. This would resuult in a "no brake" condition on the affected axles. This failure would constitute a non-compliance to federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 121, "air brake systems".
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    The suspect valve will be inspected and, if necessary, replaced without charge to owner.

    Report filed by BUDD COMPANY. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: . The campaign has 4 make, model and year entries.

  2. 77V073000Received . 12 units.

    Service Brakes, Air / Antilock / Interconnecting Assembly(Wiring)

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    The involved vehicles do not conform to federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 121, "air brake systems". There is an incomplete connection of the anti-skid computer power circuit to the stoplight circuit of the vehicle. Thus the anti-skid computer will not to function and wheel lock-up may occur under severe braking conditions.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealer will properly connect the stoplight to the anti-skid computer, without charge to owner.

    Report filed by BUDD COMPANY. The campaign has 1 make, model and year entry.

Download all 2 campaigns of Budd (CSV)

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name Budd vehicles, by the year NHTSA received the report.
Complaints about Budd vehicles, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2007, with 1 complaint.

Components in the complaints

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

Budd: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
ComponentPer 1,000Mentions
Equipment5001
Tires5001

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. Budd: recalls by model and year. https://recallregister.com/make/budd/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
30 Sep 2026
Investigations that name the make
0
Units in the campaigns
580

Manufacturers in the recall file: BUDD COMPANY.

The make name is the name in the NHTSA files. The units of a campaign that names 2 makes are in the figure of each make. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

Which Budd model lines are on the register?
One: the Budd, with 2 recall campaigns and 1 complaint.
Which components do the complaints about Budd vehicles name?
Equipment: 1 component mention. Tires: 1 component mention.
How many units are in the recall campaigns for Budd?
580 units in 2 campaigns. The units of a campaign that names 2 makes are in the figure of each make.