Year · Make · Model

1972 Ford Pinto

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

Open recalls

NHTSA complaints

Defect investigations

Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

1 filed

Crashes

Fires

Injuries reported

Fatalities reported

What people complain about

Seat BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
1

Recalls

3 campaigns

78V143000·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY1978-06-19

IN THE EVENT THE VEHICLE IS STRUCK FROM THE REAR, THE FUEL FILLER PIPE COULD DISCONNECT FROM THE TANK OR THE TANK COULD BE PUNCTURED IN THE FORWARD FACE. THIS WOULD RESULT IN FUEL LEAKAGE.

FixTHE DEALER WILL INSTALL A LONGER FUEL FILLER PIPE HAVING AN IMPROVED SEAL. ALSO, A POLYETHYLENE SHIELD WILL BE INSTALLED ON THE FRONT OF THE FUEL TANK.

73V025000·TRAILER HITCHES1973-01-05

71V216000·SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE1971-11-22

NHTSA investigations

1 action

DP78025·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE1978-02-07 → 1978-01-23

FUEL TANK FIRES

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