Recall Register

1980 Ford F100: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 3 recall campaigns for the 1980 Ford F100. The newest campaign is 82V024000. NHTSA received the report on 15 Mar 1982. The NHTSA record gives the component Equipment / Mechanical / Carrier/Rack. NHTSA has 1 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, 82V024000, in the NHTSA record

Dealer will replace bolts and any damaged spare tires at no cost to owner.
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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.

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Recall campaigns

3 campaigns, newest first. 116,900 units in total.

  1. 82V024000Received . 12,500 units.

    Equipment / Mechanical / Carrier/Rack

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    The reinforcement for the in-box spare tire carrier may have been attached using incorrect hex head bolts. If the carrier and reinforcement attaching bolts are incorrect, the potential exists for the tire sidewall to be damaged or weakened by extended contact with the sharp edges of the bolt heads.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealer will replace bolts and any damaged spare tires at no cost to owner.

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

  2. 80V103000Received . 24,400 units.

    Fuel System, Gasoline / Storage / Tank Assembly / Mounting

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    The involved vehicles were manufactured without the midship fuel tank protective shields. As a result, they do not conform to federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 301, "fuel system integrity", due to excessive fuel spillage upon frontal impact.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    The involved vehicles will be inspected and, if necessary, a fuel tank shield will be installed at no charge to owner.

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

  3. 79V261000Received . 80,000 units.

    Power Train / Automatic Transmission / Lever and Linkage / Column Shift

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    The parking pawl actuating rod in the transmission may have an insufficient or cracked weld. This can cause the park cam end to separate from the rod itself, preventing the parking pawl from engaging the parking gear when the selector is placed in the park position.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealer will replace the defective parking pawl actuating rod free of charge.

    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

1 complaint, 1 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.

1980 Ford F100: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Suspension1
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
17 Dec 2003

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 1980 Ford F100, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2003, 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. 19671
  2. 19691
  3. 19701
  4. 19711
  5. 19723
  6. 19734
  7. 19742
  8. 19761
  9. 19774
  10. 19787
  11. 19798
  12. 19803
  13. 19813
  14. 19831
  15. 19841
  16. 19850
  17. 19861
  18. 19871
  19. 19880
  20. 19900
  21. 19960

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. 1980 Ford F100: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/ford/f100/1980/. 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
29 Mar 2018
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 1980 Ford F100?
116,900 units in 3 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Ford F100 have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 39 recall campaigns for the Ford F100, model years 1967 to 1996. 3 of them name the 1980 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1980 Ford F100 name most often?
Suspension: 1 of 1 component mention.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1980 Ford F100 open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.