The defect
ON CERTAIN VEHICLES THE STEERING WHEEL RETAINING NUT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ADEQUATELY TIGHTENED DURING ASSEMBLY. THE NUT MAY CONTINUE TO LOOSEN AND COULD EVENTUALLY COME OUT, ALLOWING THE STEERING WHEEL TO SEPARATE FROM THE STEERING COLUMN.
The remedy
THE STEERING WHEEL RETAINING NUT WILL BE TIGHTENED ACCORDING TO SPECIFICATIONS AND LABOR COSTS WILL BE REIMBURSED BY THE MANUFACTURER.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Prevost Champion | 1981, 1982 |
| Prevost Lemirage | 1981, 1982 |
| Prevost Prestige | 1981, 1982 |
Components: STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prevost Champion | 1981 | 0 | 4 |
| Prevost Champion | 1982 | 0 | 4 |
| Prevost Lemirage | 1981 | 0 | 4 |
| Prevost Lemirage | 1982 | 0 | 5 |
| Prevost Prestige | 1981 | 0 | 6 |
| Prevost Prestige | 1982 | 0 | 6 |
Other steering recalls in 1982
19 of the 135 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 1982 concerned the steering; PREVOST CAR, INCORPORATED filed 50 campaigns in all.
| 82V122000 9 Dec 1982 | BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE |
| 82V118000 7 Dec 1982 | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| 82V121000 7 Dec 1982 | PACCAR, INCORPORATED |
| 82V117000 3 Dec 1982 | PREVOST CAR, INCORPORATED |
| 82V116000 1 Dec 1982 | BLUE BIRD BODY COMPANY |
| 82V113000 22 Nov 1982 | GILLIG CORPORATION |
| 82V102000 14 Oct 1982 | WHITE MOTOR CORPORATION |
| 82V094000 1 Oct 1982 | INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 1982