American Motors Ambassador: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 14 recall campaigns for the American Motors Ambassador, model years 1967 to 1974. NHTSA has no complaint on file for this model line. 5 of the 8 model years have a page on this register.
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 years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 American Motors Ambassador NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 1,240 | |
| 1973 American Motors Ambassador | 3 | 0 | 292,429 | |
| 1972 American Motors Ambassador | 3 | 0 | 297,080 | |
| 1971 American Motors Ambassador NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 187 | |
| 1970 American Motors Ambassador | 2 | 0 | 16,894 | |
| 1969 American Motors Ambassador NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 16,969 | |
| 1968 American Motors Ambassador | 3 | 0 | 6,482 | |
| 1967 American Motors Ambassador | 2 | 0 | 555 |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
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.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. American Motors Ambassador: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/american-motors/ambassador/. 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
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- CHRYSLER CORPORATION
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which American Motors Ambassador model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 1973 with 3, 1972 with 3, 1968 with 3. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which American Motors Ambassador model year has the most complaints?
- The NHTSA complaint file has no complaint for this model line.