Recall Register

1979 Alfa Romeo Spider: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 1979 Alfa Romeo Spider. The newest campaign is 82V052000. NHTSA received the report on 21 May 1982. The NHTSA record gives the component Fuel System, Gasoline / Delivery / Fuel Pump. NHTSA has no complaint on file for this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 82V052000, in the NHTSA record

Dealer will replace the fuel pump and related hardware with a new pump kit, without charge to owner.
NHTSA VIN lookup

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.

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Recall campaigns

2 campaigns, newest first. 14,994 units in total.

  1. 82V052000Received . 8,582 units.

    Fuel System, Gasoline / Delivery / Fuel Pump

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    The fuel pump may have been improperly installed, possibly resulting in misalignment of the pump.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealer will replace the fuel pump and related hardware with a new pump kit, without charge to owner.

    Report filed by ALFA ROMEO, INCORPORATED. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 80V164000Received . 6,412 units.

    Fuel System, Gasoline / Delivery / Fuel Pump

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Due to installation difficulties during modification of the fuel pump, the pump may have been misaligned. Certain adverse conditions or high loads such as trailer towing, motor sports events, or other driving modes which impose abnormally high loads on the vehicles, combined with low levels of fuel in the tank, may cause lack of vehicle power and stalling.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    The dealer will replace the submerged fuel pump support bracket with a newly designed type which avoids installation difficulities. This will be done without charge.

    Report filed by ALFA ROMEO, INCORPORATED. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

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

Complaints by component

The NHTSA complaint file has no complaint for this model year.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19681
  2. 19711
  3. 19772
  4. 19782
  5. 19792
  6. 19802
  7. 19812
  8. 19821
  9. 19840
  10. 19870
  11. 19890
  12. 19912
  13. 19921

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 1979 Alfa Romeo Spider: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/alfa-romeo/spider/1979/. 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
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
ALFA ROMEO, INCORPORATED

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1979 Alfa Romeo Spider?
14,994 units in 2 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Alfa Romeo Spider have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 7 recall campaigns for the Alfa Romeo Spider, model years 1968 to 1992. 2 of them name the 1979 model year.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1979 Alfa Romeo Spider open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.