Item Affected: STEERING:WHEEL AND HANDLE BAR
Date Announced: 12/09/1985
Description of Recall: THE SPLINED COUPLING BETWEEN THE STEERING COLUMN AND STEERING BOX COULD DEVELOP INTERNAL CORROSION DUE TO ITS EXPOSED POSITION AND CHARACTERISTICS. CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: PROLONGED USE OF THE CAR COULD CAUSE DETERIORATION OF THE COUPLING, VIBRATIONS IN THE STEERING SYSTEM, AND HANDLING DIFFICULTY WHICH COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF CONTROL AND AN ACCIDENT.
Conequence:
Action Need To Fix It: REPLACE THE STEERING PINION EXTENSION WITH A NEW PREGREASED PART INSTALLED WITH A NEW BOLT.
Notes: VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER CARS. SYSTEM: STEERING.
Item Affected: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
Date Announced: 12/09/1985
Description of Recall: THERE MAY BE INTERFERENCE BETWEEN THE FUEL TANK AND SURROUNDING PANELS CAUSING ABRASION OF THE FUEL TANK SURFACE. CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: ABRASION COULD AFFECT THE INTEGRITY OF THE FUEL TANK AND RESULT IN FUEL LEAKAGE AND A FIRE HAZARD.
Conequence:
Action Need To Fix It: INSTALL PROTECTIVE POLYURETHANE CUSHIONS BETWEEN BODY PANELS AND FUEL TANK.
Notes: VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER CARS. SYSTEM: FUEL TANK.
Item Affected: SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING
Date Announced: 12/09/1985
Description of Recall: THE FRONT WHEEL BEARING MAY DETERIORATE, CAUSING VIBRATION AND NOISE FROM THE FRONT SUSPENSION ASSEMBLY. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: CONTINUED USE OF THE CAR AFTER NOTICING VIBRATION AND NOISE COULD CAUSE HANDLING DIFFICULTY AND RESULT IN LOSS OF CONTROL AND AN ACCIDENT.
Conequence:
Action Need To Fix It: REPLACE PART OF BOTH RIGHT AND LEFT WHEEL HUB ASSEMBLY.
Notes: VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER CARS. SYSTEM: FRONT WHEEL BEARING.
Item Affected: STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
Date Announced: 12/09/1985
Description of Recall: THE SPLINED COUPLING BETWEEN THE STEERING COLUMN AND STEERING BOX COULD DEVELOP INTERNAL CORROSION DUE TO ITS EXPOSED POSITION AND CHARACTERISTICS. CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: PROLONGED USE OF THE CAR COULD CAUSE DETERIORATION OF THE COUPLING, VIBRATIONS IN THE STEERING SYSTEM, AND HANDLING DIFFICULTY WHICH COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF CONTROL AND AN ACCIDENT.
Conequence:
Action Need To Fix It: REPLACE THE STEERING PINION EXTENSION WITH A NEW PREGREASED PART INSTALLED WITH A NEW BOLT.
Notes: VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER CARS. SYSTEM: STEERING.
Item Affected: SUSPENSION:MULTIPLE AXLE
Date Announced: 06/12/1986
Description of Recall: UNDER CERTAIN SPECIFIC LOAD CONDITIONS, SUCH AS ACCIDENTAL HIGH SPEED IMPACTS ON THE REAR SUSPENSION SYSTEM, THE REAR WHEEL BEARINGS AND HUB ASSEMBLIES COULD DETERIORATE. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: PROLONGED USE OF DETERIORATED WHEEL BEARINGS AND HUB ASSEMBLIES RESULTS IN REAR END NOISE AND VIBRATION. THIS COULD ULTIMATLY CAUSE IMPAIRED HANDLING AND POSSIBLE LOSS OF CONTROL, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT.
Conequence:
Action Need To Fix It: REPLACE BOTH RIGHT AND LEFT REAR HUB/HUB CARRIER ASSEMBLIES.
Notes: SYSTEM: REAR WHEEL BEARINGS AND HUB ASSEMBLIES. VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER CARS.