NHTSA recall 90V032000

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Campaign
Published by	NHTSA (United States)
Campaign number	90V032000
Manufacturer	GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
Reported	1990-02-12
Owners notified	1990-03-14
Component	SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY
Units potentially affected	45969

What is wrong

REAR WHEEL TIE ROD ASSEMBLY MAY FATIGUE AND COULD FRACTURE AT THE INBOARD BEARING DUE TO HIGH INNER JOINT ROCKING TORQUE.

What can happen

FRACTURE IN THIS ASSEMBLY COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND A CRASH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.

The remedy

REPLACE FAULTY TIE ROD ASSEMBLIES.

Notes

SYSTEM: REAR WHEEL TIE RODS.VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER CARS.

Vehicles this campaign lists
1988 CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Built 1987-03-01 to 1989-08-01.
1989 CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Built 1987-03-01 to 1989-08-01.

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 PE90032

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
PE90032	Preliminary evaluation, opened 1990-01-12, closed 1990-03-22. TIE ROD SOCKET FAILURE. SUSPENSION.

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