Recall Register

1977 Ford Thunderbird: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 4 recall campaigns for the 1977 Ford Thunderbird. The newest campaign is 84V078000. NHTSA received the report on 26 Jun 1984. The NHTSA record gives the component Engine and Engine Cooling / Cooling System / Fan. 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, 84V078000, in the NHTSA record

Fan assembly will be replaced without charge.
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

4 campaigns, newest first. 1,088,100 units in total.

  • 84V078000Engine and Engine Cooling / Cooling System / Fan
  • 80V144000Engine and Engine Cooling / Cooling System / Fan
  • 77V141000Fuel System, Gasoline / Delivery / Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings
  • 77V140000Power Train / Automatic Transmission / Lever and Linkage / Column Shift

  1. 84V078000Received . 810,000 units.

    Engine and Engine Cooling / Cooling System / Fan

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Blades may crack and may, over a period of time, loosen from fan assembly.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Fan assembly will be replaced without charge.

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

  2. 80V144000Received . 209,100 units.

    Engine and Engine Cooling / Cooling System / Fan

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Some of the flexible five-blade engine cooling fans may be subject to high blade stresses that can result from resonant vibration inputs occurring during normal vehicle operation. This can lead to fatigue cracking of the blades. Portions of the blade may separate from the fan assembly without prior warning.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealer will replace fan with an improved five-bladed version without charge to owner.

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

  3. 77V141000Received . 60,000 units.

    Fuel System, Gasoline / Delivery / Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    The involved vehicles may experience fuel leakage at the rubber hose connecting the fuel inlet tube to the carburetor filter. This leakage condition is due to insufficient insertion of the fuel tube into the hose or improper positioning of the hose clamp, causing the clamp to be crimped directly over the fuel tube bead.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealer will replace the existing fuel hose clamp with a spring-type clamp at the hose-to-fuel inlet tube connection, and adjust the connection where necessary, without charge.

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

  4. 77V140000Received . 9,000 units.

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

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    The involved vehicles were fitted with tilt steering columns containing transmission control inserts intended for trucks rather than passenger vehicles. This may cause the transmission selector pointer to be misaligned and the possibility of starting the engine when the selector is between the neutral (n) and drive (d) detents and the transmission is in drive.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealer will inspect and, if necessary, replace the transmission shift control insert, 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

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.

1977 Ford Thunderbird: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
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
5 Sep 2000

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 1977 Ford Thunderbird, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2000, 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. 19600
  2. 19650
  3. 19674
  4. 19701
  5. 19711
  6. 19723
  7. 19734
  8. 19741
  9. 19754
  10. 19761
  11. 19774
  12. 19783
  13. 19793
  14. 19801
  15. 19833
  16. 19841
  17. 19851
  18. 19861
  19. 19871
  20. 19882
  21. 19894
  22. 19903
  23. 19913
  24. 19923
  25. 19933
  26. 19940
  27. 19950
  28. 19962
  29. 19970
  30. 19980
  31. 19990
  32. 20021
  33. 20030
  34. 20041
  35. 20051

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. 1977 Ford Thunderbird: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/ford/thunderbird/1977/. 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
29 Mar 2018
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
FORD MOTOR COMPANY

The NHTSA record is the authority. A complaint count is the number of different complaint numbers for the make, the model and the model year. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1977 Ford Thunderbird?
1,088,100 units in 4 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Ford Thunderbird have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 50 recall campaigns for the Ford Thunderbird, model years 1960 to 2005. 4 of them name the 1977 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1977 Ford Thunderbird name most often?
Tires: 1 of 1 component mention.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1977 Ford Thunderbird open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.