The defect
MANUAL VALVE LINK IN THE TRANSMISSION MAY HAVE BEEN IMPROPERLY FORMED.
The risk
THE VALVE LINK COULD SEPARATE RESULTING IN A GEARSELECTION DIFFERENT FROM WHAT THE DRIVER SELECTS. ALSO, CAR COULD BE STARTEDWITH TRANSMISSION IN GEAR ALLOWING VEHICLE TO MOVE IN AN UNANTICIPATEDDIRECTION.
The remedy
REPLACE THE MANUAL VALVE DETENT LEVER LINK.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Buick Estate | 1987 |
| Buick Regal | 1987 |
| Cadillac Fleetwood | 1987 |
| Chevrolet Caprice | 1987 |
| Chevrolet El Camino | 1987 |
| Chevrolet Monte Carlo | 1987 |
| GMC Caballero | 1987 |
| Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser | 1987 |
| Oldsmobile Cutlass | 1987 |
| Pontiac Parisienne | 1987 |
Components: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buick Estate | 1987 | 0 | 2 |
| Buick Regal | 1987 | 25 | 2 |
| Cadillac Fleetwood | 1987 | 7 | 3 |
| Chevrolet Caprice | 1987 | 17 | 2 |
| Chevrolet El Camino | 1987 | 0 | 1 |
| Chevrolet Monte Carlo | 1987 | 5 | 1 |
| GMC Caballero | 1987 | 0 | 1 |
| Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser | 1987 | 2 | 2 |
| Oldsmobile Cutlass | 1987 | 16 | 2 |
| Pontiac Parisienne | 1987 | 0 | 2 |
Other power train recalls in 1987
9 of the 197 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 1987 concerned the power train; GENERAL MOTORS CORP. filed 1,195 campaigns in all.
| 87V194000 26 Dec 1987 | CHRYSLER CORPORATION |
| 87V188000 14 Dec 1987 | MACK TRUCKS, INCORPORATED |
| 87V134000 1 Sept 1987 | MITSUBISHI FUSO TRK, AMER |
| 87V098000 6 Jul 1987 | NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. |
| 87V085000 8 Jun 1987 | VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA,INC |
| 87V040000 26 Mar 1987 | CHRYSLER CORPORATION |
| 87V026000 5 Jan 1987 | AM GENERAL CORPORATION |
| 87V008000 3 Jan 1987 | VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA,INC |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 1987