NHTSA recall 91V135000

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Campaign
Published by	NHTSA (United States)
Campaign number	91V135000
Manufacturer	GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
Reported	1991-08-19
Owners notified	1991-10-21
Component	STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD
Units potentially affected	290408

What is wrong

SECONDARY HOOD LATCH ASSEMBLY ON THESE VEHICLES MAY NOT BE PROPERLY ADJUSTED AND COULD BECOME BENT. THIS WILL LEAD TO A CONDITION WHERE FULL PRIMARY LATCH ENGAGEMENT IS NOT ATTAINED.

What can happen

A BENT SECONDARY HOOD LATCH COULD LEAD TO THE PRIMARYLATCH NOT BEING FULLY ENGAGED, ALLOWING THE HOOD TO UNEXPECTEDLY OPEN. IF THISWERE TO OCCUR WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, THE HOOD MAY CONTACT THEWINDSHIELD, REDUCING THE FORWARD VISION AREA OF THE DRIVER AND A VEHICLE CRASHCOULD OCCUR WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.

The remedy

REPLACE THE PRIMARY HOOD LATCH ASSEMBLY, THE SECONDARY HOOD LATCH ASSEMBLY, AND THE SUPPORT BRACKET.

Notes

SYSTEM: HOOD.VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES.

Vehicles this campaign lists
1987 CHEVROLET BERETTA	Built 1986-06-01 to 1987-11-01.
1988 CHEVROLET BERETTA	Built 1986-06-01 to 1987-11-01.
1987 CHEVROLET CORSICA	Built 1986-06-01 to 1987-11-01.
1988 CHEVROLET CORSICA	Built 1986-06-01 to 1987-11-01.

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 EA90026

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
EA90026	Engineering analysis, opened 1990-05-11, closed 1991-08-28. HOOD LATCH FAILURE. STRUCTURE.

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