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Component: SUSPENSION: INDEPENDENT FRONT CONTROL ARM: LOWER
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| ID: 98V053000 (1998 CHEVROLET TRUCK BLAZER) |
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| Updated |
Mar 17, 2005 19:41:50 |
| Rating |
 16 ( -2 -12.5% ) |
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Description:
Recall: 1998 Chevrolet Blazer
Component: SUSPENSION:INDEPENDENT FRONT CONTROL ARM:LOWER
NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID Number: 98V053000
Manufacturer: GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
Potential Number of Units Affected: 72Summary:
Vehicle Description: Multi-purpose passenger vehicle equipped with 4-wheel
drive or all-wheel-drive. One or both of the attaching nuts for the right-hand
lower control arm are under torqued. This can allow the attachment bolt to
loosen and subsequent break resulting in separation of the lower control arm
from the frame.
This condition can result in a loss of vehicle control.
Dealers will inspect and retighten the right-hand lower control arm nuts to the
proper torque specification.
Owner/dealer notification began January 22, 1998. These vehicles were
in-transit or very recently delivered to dealerships. Customers receiving these
vehicles before January 22, 1998, were contacted by the selling dealer to return
their vehicle for the service procedure. Owners who were not contacted by their
dealer within a reasonable time should contact Chevrolet at 1-800-222-1022,
Oldsmobile at 1-800-442-6537, or GMC at 1-800-462-8782. Also contact the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration''s Auto Safety Hotline at
1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).
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