Recall Register

1978 Ford Fiesta: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 3 recall campaigns for the 1978 Ford Fiesta. The newest campaign is 79V062000. NHTSA received the report on 1 Mar 1979. The NHTSA record gives the component Equipment / Other / Labels. 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, 79V062000, in the NHTSA record

Revised tire placards will be provided for installation by owners or dealers, without charge.
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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. 107,000 units in total.

  1. 79V062000Received . 83,000 units.

    Equipment / Other / Labels

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Vehicles fail to conform to federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 110, "tire selectin and rims". Tire placards may list incorrect information in regard to inflation pressures.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Revised tire placards will be provided for installation by owners or dealers, without charge.

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

  2. 78V223000Received . 18,000 units.

    Wheels

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    The involved wheels contain mislocated stem holes. This may allow air leakage at the tire valve stem, under high speed driving conditions.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    The dealer will replace the existing wheels with wheels having the proper valve stem holes, if necessary, without charge to owner.

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

  3. 77V220000Received . 6,000 units.

    Equipment / Appliance / Air Conditioner

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    The involved vehicles may contain air conditioners which have blower motor resistor wires which were improperly routed too close to the blower housing wall. As a result, the blower motor could become jammed and, if the blower switch is in either the medium or low position, the polypropylene blower housing could ignite.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealer will replace the resistor assembly with a temperature protective thermal limiter, if necessary, without charge.

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

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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

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. 19783
  2. 19880
  3. 19890
  4. 19910
  5. 20010
  6. 20020
  7. 20113
  8. 20123
  9. 20133
  10. 20147
  11. 20154
  12. 20160
  13. 20170
  14. 20180
  15. 20193

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. 1978 Ford Fiesta: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/ford/fiesta/1978/. 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 1978 Ford Fiesta?
107,000 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 Fiesta have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 15 recall campaigns for the Ford Fiesta, model years 1978 to 2019. 3 of them name the 1978 model year.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1978 Ford Fiesta open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.