The defect
THE SAGINAW TILT STEERING COLUMN ASSEMBLY HAS TWO PIVOT BUSHINGS AND TWO MATING RETAINING BOLTS. THESE RETAINING BOLTS CAN LOOSEN, WHICH COULD ALLOW THE PIVOT BUSHINGS TO MOVE INTO THE TURNING ARC OF THE COLUMN SHAFT UNIVERSAL JOINT. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: IF THE PIVOT BUSHINGS MOVE AND INTERFERS WITH UNIVERSAL JOINT OF THE COLUMN STEERING SHAFT IT CAN RESULT IN LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL AND AN ACCIDENT.
The remedy
THE TWO PIVOT BUSHINGS WILL BE REMOVED, GREASED, AND REINSTALLED IN THE COLUMN HOUSING. A THREAD LOCKING COMPOUND WILL BE USED ON THE THREADS OF THE TWO PIVOT BUSHING RETAINING BOLTS. THE TWO EXTERNAL TOOTH SHAKEPROOF LOCKWASHERS WILL BE REPLACED WITH INTERNAL TOOTH SHAKEPROOF LOCKWASHERS. THE PIVOT BUSHING RETAINING BOLTS WILL BE INSTALLED TO A SPECIFIED TORQUE VALUE.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Flxible Metro | 1984 |
Components: STEERING:COLUMN
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flxible Metro | 1984 | 0 | 7 |
Other steering recalls in 1985
18 of the 173 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 1985 concerned the steering; FLXIBLE CORPORATION filed 25 campaigns in all.
| 85V172000 26 Dec 1985 | FORD MOTOR COMPANY |
| 85V005000 9 Dec 1985 | FERRARI NORTH AMERICA |
| 85V160000 3 Dec 1985 | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| 85V157000 26 Nov 1985 | MACK TRUCKS, INCORPORATED |
| 85V146000 13 Nov 1985 | NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. |
| 85V112000 17 Sept 1985 | OSHKOSH TRUCK CORPORATION |
| 85V108000 4 Sept 1985 | MAZDA (NORTH AMERICA),INC |
| 85V094000 23 Jul 1985 | EXECUTIVE IND., INC. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 1985