NHTSA recall 87V181000

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Campaign
Published by	NHTSA (United States)
Campaign number	87V181000
Manufacturer	GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
Reported	1987-12-01
Owners notified	1987-12-22
Component	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
Units potentially affected	125440

What is wrong

DUE TO AN INTERACTION OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT ENVIRONMENT AND MAINTENANCE OR SERVICE RELATED FACTORS, THERE IS AN UNREASONABLE RISK OF CONNECTING ROD FAILURE AND ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES.

What can happen

AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE CAN SPREAD TO THE PASSENGERCOMPARTMENT AND INJURE OCCUPANTS.

The remedy

CORRECT OR INSTALL NEW ENGINE COMPONENTS TO PREVENT UNREASONABLE FIRE RISK.

Notes

SYSTEM: ENGINEVEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER CARS

Vehicles this campaign lists
1984 PONTIAC FIERO	Built 1983-05-01 to 1984-11-01.

A vehicle with no link is not in this site's catalog, which covers cars, multipurpose vehicles and trucks by model year. The campaign is from data as of 2026-10-19.

Investigated as EA86021

This recall followed 1 NHTSA investigation. An investigation is NHTSA looking into a possible defect. It is not a finding that a defect exists, and it does not say that any one vehicle is affected.

NHTSA investigations that led to this recall
EA86021	Engineering analysis, opened 1986-07-18, closed 1990-05-08. ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING.

From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. The JSON has NHTSA's summary of each.