3 recalls across 1 model year
The Ford F-100 has 3 recalls, all affecting the 1978 model year, with the most serious involving 15x6 inch steel wheels where tooling marks in the rim bead seat area can cause the rim to split at higher mileages, releasing air rapidly in a manner similar to a tire blowout.
On 1978 four-wheel-drive models, the driver-side upper seatbelt shoulder retractor bracket was improperly modified during assembly and may not hold under the forces of a crash, reducing the belt's ability to restrain the driver. The third recall, also on 1978 models, involves the evaporative emission system's fuel vapor purge valve, which can become disconnected and allow a small amount of fuel vapor to vent into the atmosphere rather than being captured by the charcoal canister.
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