Vehicle recall 77V241000 · December 28, 1977
Plymouth HORIZON and Dodge OMNI
The wheel hub nuts on the involved vehicles may not have been adequately staked to the wheel spindle.
Source: NHTSA data as of September 22, 2026. Last refreshed Sep 23, 2026, 2:43 AM UTC.
- Summary
- The wheel hub nuts on the involved vehicles may not have been adequately staked to the wheel spindle. As a result, the staked nuts may loosen with loss of clamping load on the front wheel bearing and loosening of front wheels.
- Remedy
- Dealer will inspect the front wheel hub nuts for proper configuration and will correct by re-working as found necessary, without charge to owner.
- Notes
- Vehicle description: passenger vehicles.system: wheels; wheel hub nuts.consequences of defect: loose wheels or, possibly, loss of a wheel, could causeloss of vehicle control and an accident.
Recall details
- NHTSA campaign
- 77V241000
- Reported to NHTSA
- December 28, 1977
- Filed by
- CHRYSLER CORPORATION
- Owner notification
- December 15, 1977
- Vehicles potentially affected
- 3,000
- Initiated by
- the manufacturer
- Components
- Wheels › Lugs/nuts/bolts/studs
Vehicles covered
As listed by NHTSA. A recall usually covers only some vehicles of each model and year, often a production date range.
- Dodge OMNI (1978): 1978
- Plymouth HORIZON (1978): 1978
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