Year · Make · Model

1978 JC Penney Pinto II

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.

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1 campaign

79V034000·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC1979-01-24

UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, THE FRONT WHEEL MAY GRAB WHEN THE FRONT SERVICE BRAKE IS ACTUATED. THIS COULD RESULT IN A WEDGE TYPE ACTION OF ONE SHOE BETWEEN THE BRAKE DRUM AND THE TWIST KEY, WHICH IN TURN COULD PRODUCE AN IRREVERSIBLE BRAKING EFFECT.

FixDEALER WILL INSTALL A MODIFIED FRONT BRAKE ASSEMBLY WITHOUT CHARGE TO OWNER.

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