{"source":"nhtsa","campaign":"97V058000","as_of":"2026-10-19","investigations":[{"action":"PE96065","kind":"PE","kind_name":"Preliminary evaluation","opened":"1996-11-15","closed":"1997-04-08","open":false,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","subject":"ALLEGED ENGINE SUBFRAME MOUNT/INSULATOR","summary":"ALLEGED FAILURES OF ENGINE FRAME INSULATORS/MOUNTS TO UNIBODY FRAME MAY ALLOW SEPARATION OF ENGINE SUBFRAME, RESULTING IN COMPROMISE OR LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL WITH THE VEHICLE IN MOTION.","campaigns":["97V058000"],"match":null,"models":[]},{"action":"RQ97017","kind":"RQ","kind_name":"Recall query","opened":"1997-10-02","closed":null,"open":false,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","component":"STRUCTURE","subject":"CRADLE BOLT FAILURES","summary":null,"campaigns":["97V058000"],"match":null,"models":[]},{"action":"RQ99002","kind":"RQ","kind_name":"Recall query","opened":"1999-03-04","closed":null,"open":false,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE","subject":"ENGINE CRADLE SEPARATION","summary":"ON APRIL 1, 1997, GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION FILED A DEFECT INFORMATION REPORT TO RECALL THE SUBJECT VEHICLES, REGISTERED IN 14 HIGH CORROSION STATES, TO REPLACE THE REAR ENGINE CRADLE BOLTS AND RETAINERS.THE REAR ENGINE CRADLE BOLTS WOULD EITHER FRACTURER OR PULL THROUGH THE RETIANERS DUE TO CORROSION.AS OF SEPTEMBER 1998, THE SIXTH QUARTER, 59.3% OF THE SUBJECT VEHICLES HAD BEEN REPAIRED.IN ADDITION TO THE COMPLAINTS OF FRONT ENGINE CRADLE BOLT FAILURES IN THE ABOVE FAILURE REPORT SUMMARY, ODI HAS RECEIVED SIX REPORTS OF POSSIBLE FRONT ENGINE CRADLE BOLT FAILURES, INCLUDING TWO CRASHES.AN RQ IS WARRANTED TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT OF FAILURES OF THE FRONT ENGINE CRADLE BOLTS AND RETAINERS ON THE SUBJECT VEHICLES.","campaigns":["97V058000"],"match":null,"models":[]}],"note":"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.","attribution":[],"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/nhtsa/97V058000"}