NHTSA recall 89V225000

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Campaign
Published by	NHTSA (United States)
Campaign number	89V225000
Manufacturer	GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
Reported	1989-12-18
Owners notified	1989-12-08
Component	STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
Units potentially affected	170769

What is wrong

A DOOR HINGE (UPPER OR LOWER) MAY BREAK WHILE OPENING OR CLOSING THE DOOR MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO REPOSITION AND CLOSE PROPERLY.

What can happen

HINGE SEPARATION MAY REDUCE THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OFTHE SIDE OF THE CAR AND INCREASE RISK OF INJURY IN CERTAIN TYPES OF ACCIDENTS.

The remedy

REPLACE DOOR HINGES ON BOTH DOORS.

Notes

SYSTEM: DOOR HINGES.VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER CARS.

Vehicles this campaign lists
1987 CHEVROLET BERETTA	Built 1986-10-01 to 1987-08-01.
1988 CHEVROLET BERETTA	Built 1986-10-01 to 1987-08-01.
1987 CHEVROLET CORSICA	Built 1986-10-01 to 1987-08-01.
1988 CHEVROLET CORSICA	Built 1986-10-01 to 1987-08-01.

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 EA89008

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
EA89008	Engineering analysis, opened 1989-01-05, closed 1990-03-14. DOOR HINGE PINS. STRUCTURE.

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