NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID Number: 90V032000
Component: SUSPENSION:SINGLE AXLE:REAR:LEAF SPRING
ASSEMBLY
Manufacturer: GENERAL MOTORS
CORP.
Potential Number of Units Affected: 45969
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Year: 1989
Make: CHEVROLET
Model: CORVETTE
Manufactured From: MAR 1987 To: AUG 1989
Year of Recall: '90
Type of Report: Vehicle
Summary:
REAR WHEEL TIE ROD ASSEMBLY MAY FATIGUE AND COULD FRACTURE AT THE INBOARD BEARING DUE
TO HIGH INNER JOINT ROCKING TORQUE.
FRACTURE IN THIS ASSEMBLY COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND A CRASH WITHOUT
PRIOR WARNING.
REPLACE FAULTY TIE ROD ASSEMBLIES.
SYSTEM: REAR WHEEL TIE RODS.
VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER CARS.
NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID Number: 91V143000
Component: INTERIOR SYSTEMS:ACTIVE SEAT AND SHOULDER BELTS
AND BELT ANCHOR
Manufacturer: GENERAL MOTORS
CORP.
Potential Number of Units Affected: 231833
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Year: 1989
Make: CHEVROLET
Model: CORVETTE
Manufactured From: FEB 1983 To: MAY 1991
Year of Recall: '91
Type of Report: Vehicle
Summary:
UNDER CERTAIN VEHICLE OPERATIONS AND OCCUPANT USAGE CONDITIONS, THE SAFETY BELTS CAN
LOCKUP OR JAM IN THE SAFETY BELT RETRACTOR.
IF LOCKUP OCCURS, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PULL BELT OUT OFTHE RETRACTOR. THE OCCUPANT OF A
SEAT WITH AN UNUSABLE SAFETY BELT ISSUBJECT TO INCREASED RISK OF INJURY OR DEATH IN THE
EVENT OF A SUDDEN STOP ORACCIDENT.
REPLACE THE SAFETY BELTS IF THE LOCKUP OCCURS.
SYSTEM: SAFETY BELTS.
VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER CARS.
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