Am General M916 Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 1 safety recall and 0 owner complaints across 3 model years of the Am General M916 (1978–1980).

Pick your Am General M916 model year

• 1978
• 1979
• 1980

All Am General M916 recalls (1)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Am General M916, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

1. Fifth wheel assembly (trailer hitches)

   NHTSA 80V114000 Reported September 2, 1980 844 vehicles potentially affected AM GENERAL CORPORATION

   The involved vehicles may have an insufficient welding of the spacer assemblies to which the fifth wheel assembly is attached.

   Remedy: Spacer assemblies will be replaced with new or reworked spacers without charge to owner.

   Model years: 1978, 1979, 1980

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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.