NHTSA recall 91V083000

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Campaign
Published by	NHTSA (United States)
Campaign number	91V083000
Manufacturer	GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
Reported	1991-06-10
Owners notified	1991-06-15
Component	STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
Units potentially affected	36364

What is wrong

NUT ATTACHING STEERING WHEEL MAY NOT HAVE BEEN PROPERLY TIGHTENED DURING INSTALLATION.

What can happen

THIS COULD ALLOW STEERING WHEEL TO SEPARATE FROM STEERINGCOLUMN; LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND A CRASH COULD OCCUR WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.

The remedy

TIGHTEN THE NUT TO THE PROPER TORQUE AS NECESSARY.

Notes

SYSTEM: STEERING WHEEL NUT.VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER CARS.

Vehicles this campaign lists
1991 CHEVROLET BERETTA	Built 1990-03-01 to 1990-10-01.
1991 CHEVROLET CORSICA	Built 1990-03-01 to 1990-10-01.

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 EA91023

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
EA91023	Engineering analysis, opened 1991-04-10, closed 1991-06-05. STEERING WHEEL SEPARATION. STEERING.

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