3 recalls across 3 model years
The Ford C Series has 3 recalls covering the 1972–1978 production run, with the most serious being a 1974 transmission defect on MT-650 automatic-equipped models where nylon particles can block the governor assembly, causing the transmission to disintegrate, shift improperly, or downshift without warning.
The 1978 C600, C700, C800, and CT800 models with a seven-blade aluminum cooling fan can develop fatigue cracks in the fan blades, causing them to separate and damage underhood components or injure anyone nearby when the cab is tilted up for service. The same fan blade separation risk applies to 1972 models equipped with 361, 389, or 391 cubic inch FT gasoline engines paired with an Allison AT-540 automatic transmission, where high stress concentrations can cause metal fatigue and blade breakaway without warning.
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