Recall Register

1973 Triumph Spitfire: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 3 recall campaigns for the 1973 Triumph Spitfire. The newest campaign is 78V015000. NHTSA received the report on 20 Jan 1978. The NHTSA record gives the component Fuel System, Gasoline / Delivery. 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, 78V015000, in the NHTSA record

The dealer will inspect the fuel lines and fuel pump and will replace them, if necessary, 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. 171,247 units in total.

  1. 78V015000Received . 36,611 units.

    Fuel System, Gasoline / Delivery

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Fuel leakage may occur in the engine bay at fuel line connections or at the fuel pump.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    The dealer will inspect the fuel lines and fuel pump and will replace them, if necessary, without charge.

    Report filed by JAGUAR CARS. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 78V013000Received . 107,950 units.

    Exterior Lighting / Headlights / Switch

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    The headlamp switches may malfunction on the involved vehicles. Should this occur, loss of headlamp and taillamp illumination may result. Switch breakage will only occur when the switch is being turned on or off.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealer will replace the defective switch at no charge.

    Report filed by JAGUAR CARS. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  3. 76V085000Received . 26,686 units.

    Visibility / Windshield Wiper/Washer

    Report filed by JAGUAR CARS. 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

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. 19682
  2. 19694
  3. 19702
  4. 19713
  5. 19725
  6. 19733
  7. 19742
  8. 19751
  9. 19762
  10. 19771
  11. 19783
  12. 19793

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. 1973 Triumph Spitfire: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/triumph/spitfire/1973/. 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
JAGUAR CARS

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1973 Triumph Spitfire?
171,247 units in 3 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Triumph Spitfire have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 14 recall campaigns for the Triumph Spitfire, model years 1968 to 1979. 3 of them name the 1973 model year.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1973 Triumph Spitfire open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.