NHTSA recall 90V104000

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Campaign
Published by	NHTSA (United States)
Campaign number	90V104000
Manufacturer	GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
Reported	1990-04-23
Owners notified	1990-08-06
Component	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
Units potentially affected	102162

What is wrong

PCV GROMMET OIL LEAKS, TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER LEAKS, PISTON CONNECTING ROD FAILURES BREAKING THROUGH ENGINE WALL CAUSING OIL SPILLAGE, FUEL RAIL LEAKS, COOLANT LEAKS, ROCKER COVER OIL LEAKS, AND MAINTENANCE OR SERVICE RELATED FACTORS, COULD CAUSE ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES.

What can happen

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

The remedy

CORRECT OR INSTALL NEW COMPONENTS TO PREVENT UNREASONABLE FIRE RISK.

Notes

SYSTEM: ENGINE.VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: FIERO PASSENGER CARS WITH 2.8L 6 CYLINDER ENGINES.

Vehicles this campaign lists
1985 PONTIAC FIERO	Built 1984-07-01 to 1988-08-01.
1986 PONTIAC FIERO	Built 1984-07-01 to 1988-08-01.
1987 PONTIAC FIERO	Built 1984-07-01 to 1988-08-01.
1988 PONTIAC FIERO	Built 1984-07-01 to 1988-08-01.

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 EA89022

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
EA89022	Engineering analysis, opened 1989-03-31, closed 1990-07-13. ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE.

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