NHTSA recall 90V136000

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Campaign
Published by	NHTSA (United States)
Campaign number	90V136000
Manufacturer	NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Reported	1990-08-06
Owners notified	1990-11-08
Component	STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS
Units potentially affected	33000

What is wrong

POWER STEERING HOSES MAY LEAK FLUID THAT CAN SPREAD TO THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD.

What can happen

UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, THE MANIFOLD MAY BECOME HOTENOUGH TO IGNITE THE POWER STEERING FLUID AND RESULT IN AN ENGINE COMPARTMENTFIRE.

The remedy

INSTALL NEW HEAT RESISTANT POWER STEERING HOSES. ALSO, INSTALL NEW FAN COUPLING TO INCREASE AIR FLOW VOLUME THROUGH ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND REPLACE ANY OTHER DAMAGED COMPONENTS.

Notes

SYSTEM: POWER STEERING HOSE.VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: TRUCK VAN.

Vehicles this campaign lists
1987 NISSAN VAN	Built 1986-09-01 to 1990-03-01.
1988 NISSAN VAN	Built 1986-09-01 to 1990-03-01.
1990 NISSAN VAN	Built 1986-09-01 to 1990-03-01.

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 PE90065

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
PE90065	Preliminary evaluation, opened 1990-03-27, closed 1990-10-15. ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE. STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS.

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