Am General DJ5G Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 1 safety recall and 0 owner complaints across 2 model years of the Am General DJ5G (1978–1979).

Pick your Am General DJ5G model year

• 1978
• 1979

All Am General DJ5G recalls (1)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Am General DJ5G, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

1. Gear position indication (prndl) (power train)

   NHTSA 79V236000 Reported October 24, 1979 6,515 vehicles potentially affected AM GENERAL CORPORATION

   The manual control lever may fracture due to improper material composition causing possible loss of function.

   Remedy: Dealer will replace the automatic transmission manual control shift lever with a new lever assembly at no cost to owner.

   Model years: 1978, 1979

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Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.