The defect
INCORRECT LOCK WASHERS MAY HAVE BEEN INSTALLED ON THE TILT STEERING COLUMN PIVOT BUSHING BOLTS AND THE COLUMN HOUSING PIVOT MAY BE MISALIGNED. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: PIVOT BOLT COULD LOOSEN AND RESULT IN LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL.
The remedy
INSTALL PROPER LOCK WASHER AND CORRECT MISALIGNMENT OF COLUMN HOUSING PIVOT.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Flxible Metro | 1985, 1986 |
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 | 1985 | 0 | 8 |
| Flxible Metro | 1986 | 0 | 8 |
Other steering recalls in 1986
23 of the 173 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 1986 concerned the steering; FLXIBLE CORPORATION filed 25 campaigns in all.
| 86V173000 30 Dec 1986 | FORD MOTOR COMPANY |
| 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 |
| 86V134000 7 Oct 1986 | CARPENTER BDY WRKS, INC. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 1986