NHTSA recall 89V232000

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Campaign
Published by	NHTSA (United States)
Campaign number	89V232000
Manufacturer	GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
Reported	1989-12-28
Owners notified	1990-07-03
Component	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
Units potentially affected	244000

What is wrong

DUE TO AN INTERACTION OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT ENVIRONMENT AND MAINTENANCE OR SERVICE RELATED FACTORS, THERE IS A RISK OF 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: ENGINE.VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER CARS WITH 4 CYLINDER ENGINES.

Vehicles this campaign lists
1984 PONTIAC FIERO	Built 1984-09-01 to 1988-07-01.
1985 PONTIAC FIERO	Built 1984-09-01 to 1988-07-01.
1986 PONTIAC FIERO	Built 1984-09-01 to 1988-07-01.
1987 PONTIAC FIERO	Built 1984-09-01 to 1988-07-01.
1988 PONTIAC FIERO	Built 1984-09-01 to 1988-07-01.

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 RQ89001

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
RQ89001	Recall query.

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