Recall Register

1978 Plymouth Fury: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 1978 Plymouth Fury. The newest campaign is 77V211000. NHTSA received the report on 28 Nov 1977. The NHTSA record gives the component Steering / Steering Wheel/Handle Bar. 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, 77V211000, in the NHTSA record

Dealer will install a cotter pin through the roll pin to ensure retention, at no cost 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

2 campaigns, newest first. 22,089 units in total.

  1. 77V211000Received . 22,000 units.

    Steering / Steering Wheel/Handle Bar

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    The columns may contain steering shafts in which the steering column coupling roll pin retaining notch was machined too deep. This may cause the steering wheel shaft to become disengaged from the rest of the steering assembly.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealer will install a cotter pin through the roll pin to ensure retention, at no cost to owner.

    Report filed by CHRYSLER CORPORATION. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 77V132000Received . 89 units.

    Service Brakes, Hydraulic / Foundation Components / Drum / Shoes/Linings

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Incorrect rear brake linings were installed on the involved vehicles. This does not comply with federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 105, "hydraulic brake systems". The existing brake linings could allow brake fluid to leak, causing partial loss of braking.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealer will replace the rear brake lining with the proper lining, without charge.

    Report filed by CHRYSLER CORPORATION.

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.

1978 Plymouth Fury: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Structure1
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 Mar 1995

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 1978 Plymouth Fury, 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. 19679
  2. 19684
  3. 19692
  4. 19701
  5. 19712
  6. 19728
  7. 19733
  8. 19745
  9. 19755
  10. 19762
  11. 19773
  12. 19782
  13. 19812
  14. 19822
  15. 19850
  16. 19861
  17. 19870
  18. 19881
  19. 19890

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 Plymouth Fury: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/plymouth/fury/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
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
30 Sep 2026
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
CHRYSLER CORPORATION

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 1978 Plymouth Fury?
22,089 units in 2 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Plymouth Fury have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 45 recall campaigns for the Plymouth Fury, model years 1967 to 1989. 2 of them name the 1978 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1978 Plymouth Fury name most often?
Structure: 1 of 1 component mention.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1978 Plymouth Fury open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.