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Austin Healey Recalls, Complaints & Safety Data

NHTSA safety recalls, owner-reported complaints and investigations, by model and model year · 1956–1975

Owner complaintsComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received. This total counts a complaint once for each Austin Healey model year it names.
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Safety recallsDistinct NHTSA recall campaigns covering at least one Austin Healey model year. One campaign can cover several models and many model years; it is counted once here.
14
InvestigationsNHTSA opens an investigation to examine whether a safety defect may exist. An open investigation is not a determination that a defect exists, and many investigations close without a recall. Investigations can, however, lead to one.
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Models coveredModels with at least one model year that has enough NHTSA data to publish.
6
19 model years

Overview

Our database holds no NHTSA owner-reported complaints for Austin Healey. Our database also holds 14 safety recall campaigns covering at least one Austin Healey model year.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Austin Healey models

Ordered by total owner-reported complaint volume, which is not a ranking of quality

Austin Healey models with published safety data
ModelModel yearsComplaintsRecalls
100-61956–195901
30001959–196701
America1968–197102
American196901
Marina1973–197508
Sprite1968–197002

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers. Complaint totals count a report once for each model year it names; recall totals count a campaign once per model.

Recently issued recalls

The 8 newest campaigns covering a Austin Healey vehicle in our database

Recalls apply to specific vehicles, not to every vehicle of a model year. Check your VIN with NHTSA or your manufacturer's dealer to confirm whether a recall affects your vehicle.

Check a VIN on NHTSA.gov
07E098000100-6, 3000

EQUIPMENTCERTAIN AFTERMARKET MOSS MOTORS TROPICAL FANS, P/N 834-880, SOLD FOR USE ON 1956 THROUGH 1967 AUSTIN-HEALEY, MODELS 100-6, 3000 (BN4, BN6, BN7, BT7, BJ7, AND BJ8) VEHICLES. THESE FANS WERE MANUFACTURED WITH CENTER HUBS AND FAN BLADES THAT DO NOT FIT TOGETHER PROPERLY.

79V146000Marina

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLYTHE POSSIBILITY EXISTS THAT, DUE TO OUTSIDE INFLUENCES SUCH AS SALT ON THE ROADS, THE FUEL TANK MAY DEVELOP AREAS OF CORROSION WHICH COULD EVENTUALLY RESULT IN FUEL LEAKAGE.

78V258000Marina

SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINTBALL JOINTS INSTALLED ON THE INVOLVED VEHICLES AS REPLACEMENT PARTS MAY HAVE BEEN INCORRECTLY HEAT-TREATED DURING MANUFACTURE. THESE REPLACEMENT BALL JOINTS MAY BREAK WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, CAUSING THE SUSPENSION TO COLLAPSE.

78V125000Marina

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLESTHE ACCELERATOR CABLE COULD BREAK DUE TO THE CARBURETOR TRUNNION PIN RESTRICTING THE MOVEMENT OF THE CABLE END. SHOULD THE ACCELERATOR STICK IN THE OPEN POSITION OR BREAK, CONTROL OVER VEHICLE SPEED WILL BE LOST.

78V016000Marina

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:MOUNTINGTHE FUEL TANK VENT HOSE COULD CRACK AND ALLOW FUMES TO ENTER THE TRUNK AREA, ESPECIALLY WHILE FILLING THE FUEL TANK. THESE FUMES COULD PERMEATE THE TRUNK AREA AND ENTER THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT.

75V174000Marina

SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS

73V188000Marina

WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS

73V147000Marina

SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM

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Every year with at least one publishable Austin Healey model year

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