Recall Register

1979 Ford Bronco: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 5 recall campaigns for the 1979 Ford Bronco. The newest campaign is 79V185000. NHTSA received the report on 7 Aug 1979. The NHTSA record gives the component Wheels. NHTSA has 2 complaints 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, 79V185000, in the NHTSA record

Dealer will inspect and replace any defective wheels 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

5 campaigns, newest first. 195,500 units in total.

  • 79V185000Wheels
  • 79V117000Service Brakes, Hydraulic / Pedals and Linkages
  • 79V035000Steering / Linkages / Knuckle / Spindle / Arm
  • 78V256000Power Train / Automatic Transmission
  • 78V201000Power Train / Automatic Transmission

  1. 79V185000Received . 22,500 units.

    Wheels

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    The wheel assembly may contain substandard welds in the area where the disc is attached to the rim. As a result, cracks can form in the wheel assembly, causing air loss and an underinflated tire.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealer will inspect and replace any defective wheels without charge to owner.

    Report filed by FORD MOTOR COMPANY. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 79V117000Received . 82,000 units.

    Service Brakes, Hydraulic / Pedals and Linkages

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    The involved vehicles were produced with brake push-rod to brake pedal retaining pins which were not heat-treated as specified. This could allow the brake pedal to become disengaged from the push-rod.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealer will replace the suspect brake retaining pin.

    Report filed by FORD MOTOR COMPANY. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  3. 79V035000Received . 62,000 units.

    Steering / Linkages / Knuckle / Spindle / Arm

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    The involved vehicles were assembled with improperly manufactured steering arm knuckles. Should an improperly manufactured steering arm knuckle fracture and separate, the steering linkage tie rod may disengage from the knuckle.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    The dealer will inspect for cracking in the steering arm knuckles on all vehicles and, if necessary, replace them free of charge.

    Report filed by FORD MOTOR COMPANY. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  4. 78V256000Received . 7,000 units.

    Power Train / Automatic Transmission

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    The involved vehicles were equipped with automatic transmissions in which the parking pawl was not heat-treated. During normal vehicle operation, a parking pawl that has not been heat-treated could become deformed or worn to the point that the transmission will not lock in "park". As a result, the vehicle could roll free if the driver does not set the parking brake when parking or leaving vehicle unattended.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealer will inspect and, if necessary, replace the parking pawl with one that has been heat-treated.

    Report filed by FORD MOTOR COMPANY.

  5. 78V201000Received . 22,000 units.

    Power Train / Automatic Transmission

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    These transmissions may contain improperly manufactured parking pawl actuating rods. Consequently, the unhardened cam surface of these rods can allow the rod to deform during use with resultant increase in shift efforts and difficulty in releasing the parking pawl and engaging the parking gear.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealer will replace the transmission parking pawl actuating rod without charge to owner.

    Report filed by FORD MOTOR COMPANY. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

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

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.

Complaints by component

2 complaints, 2 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.

1979 Ford Bronco: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Power Train1
Tires1
Complaints that report a crash
0
Complaints that report a fire
0
Injuries in the complaints
0
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
3 May 2001

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

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.

Complaints about the 1979 Ford Bronco, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 1995, with 1 complaint.

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. 19672
  2. 19690
  3. 19701
  4. 19711
  5. 19721
  6. 19751
  7. 19761
  8. 19771
  9. 19785
  10. 19795
  11. 19802
  12. 19810
  13. 19820
  14. 19831
  15. 19843
  16. 19851
  17. 19861
  18. 19871
  19. 19881
  20. 19892
  21. 19901
  22. 19911
  23. 19922
  24. 19935
  25. 19943
  26. 19951
  27. 19961
  28. 19970
  29. 19980
  30. 19990
  31. 202120
  32. 202223
  33. 202318
  34. 202416
  35. 202519
  36. 20269

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 Ford Bronco: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/ford/bronco/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
29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
15 May 2019
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
FORD MOTOR COMPANY

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1979 Ford Bronco?
195,500 units in 5 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Ford Bronco have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 83 recall campaigns for the Ford Bronco, model years 1967 to 2026. 5 of them name the 1979 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1979 Ford Bronco name most often?
Power Train: 1 of 2 component mentions.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1979 Ford Bronco open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.