Recall Register

1977 Pontiac Lemans: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 3 recall campaigns for the 1977 Pontiac Lemans. The newest campaign is 78V138000. NHTSA received the report on 13 Jun 1978. The NHTSA record gives the component Power Train / Axle Assembly / Axle Shaft. 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, 78V138000, in the NHTSA record

The dealer will replace one or both rear axle shafts, if necessary, free of 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

3 campaigns, newest first. 320,667 units in total.

  1. 78V138000Received . 265,068 units.

    Power Train / Axle Assembly / Axle Shaft

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    The rear axle shafts may contain a flaw in the metal. This flaw could allow the shaft to break and the tire and wheel assembly to separate.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    The dealer will replace one or both rear axle shafts, if necessary, free of charge.

    Report filed by GENERAL MOTORS CORP.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 77V025000Received . 35 units.

    Steering / Linkages / Arm / Idler and Attachment

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    On the involved vehicles, the incorrect steering linkage assembly may have been installed. As a result, the right-hand steering tie rod might interfere with the intermediate rod. This could cause the connection to fail due to excessive stress at that point.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealer will inspect and, if necessary, replace the steering linkage assembly without charge.

    Report filed by GENERAL MOTORS CORP.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  3. 76V132000Received . 55,564 units.

    Steering / Steering Wheel/Handle Bar

    Report filed by GENERAL MOTORS CORP..

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

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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.

1977 Pontiac Lemans: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Visibility1
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
15 Jul 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 1977 Pontiac Lemans, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 1999, 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. 19681
  3. 19711
  4. 19734
  5. 19743
  6. 19751
  7. 19761
  8. 19773
  9. 19787
  10. 19794
  11. 19804
  12. 19811
  13. 19883
  14. 19891
  15. 19902
  16. 19912
  17. 19921
  18. 19931

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 Pontiac Lemans: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/pontiac/lemans/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
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
30 Sep 2026
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1977 Pontiac Lemans?
320,667 units in 3 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Pontiac Lemans have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 26 recall campaigns for the Pontiac Lemans, model years 1967 to 1993. 3 of them name the 1977 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1977 Pontiac Lemans name most often?
Visibility: 1 of 2 component mentions.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1977 Pontiac Lemans open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.