The defect
STEERING CONTROL ARM CAN BE OVERSTRESSED WITH HEAVY STEERING INPUT CAUSING IT TO CRACK AND IT COULD EVENTUALLY BREAK COMPLETELY. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: IF THE STEERING CONTROL ARM BREAKS, COMPLETE LOSS OF STEERING ABILITY AND TRUCK CONTROL WOULD OCCUR WITHOUT WARNING WHICH COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT.
The remedy
INSTALL NEW STEERING ARM AND OTHER STEERING SYSTEM HARDWARE WHICH WILL PREVENT OVERSTRESSING INPUT CONDITIONS FROM OCCURRING.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Chevrolet C70 | 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985 |
| GMC C70 | 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985 |
Components: STEERING:LINKAGES:ARM:IDLER AND ATTACHMENT
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chevrolet C70 | 1981 | 0 | 1 |
| Chevrolet C70 | 1982 | 0 | 1 |
| Chevrolet C70 | 1983 | 0 | 1 |
| Chevrolet C70 | 1984 | 0 | 1 |
| Chevrolet C70 | 1985 | 0 | 3 |
| GMC C70 | 1981 | 0 | 1 |
| GMC C70 | 1982 | 0 | 1 |
| GMC C70 | 1983 | 0 | 1 |
| GMC C70 | 1984 | 0 | 1 |
| GMC C70 | 1985 | 0 | 1 |
Other steering recalls in 1986
23 of the 173 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 1986 concerned the steering; GENERAL MOTORS CORP. filed 1,195 campaigns in all.
| 86V173000 30 Dec 1986 | FORD MOTOR COMPANY |
| 86V171000 23 Dec 1986 | FLXIBLE CORPORATION |
| 86V170000 22 Dec 1986 | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| 86V159000 9 Dec 1986 | CHRYSLER CORPORATION |
| 86V157000 25 Nov 1986 | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| 86V145000 3 Nov 1986 | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| 86V144000 28 Oct 1986 | FORD MOTOR COMPANY |
| 86V138000 20 Oct 1986 | BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 1986