The defect
THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT WAS ASSEMBLED WITH LOOSE OR MISSING UPPER AND LOWER PINCH BOLTS WHICH MAY CAUSE SEPARATION OF THE SHAFT.
The risk
SEPARATION OF THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT RESULTS IN TOTAL LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL AND COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.
The remedy
DEALERS WILL PROPERLY TORQUE LOOSE PINCH BOLTS AND INSTALL PINCH BOLTS WHERE NECESSARY.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Chevrolet B7 | 1993 |
| Chevrolet C6 | 1993 |
| Chevrolet C7 | 1993 |
| Chevrolet Kodiak | 1993 |
| Chevrolet P6 | 1993 |
| GMC B7 | 1993 |
| GMC C6 | 1993 |
| GMC C7 | 1993 |
| GMC P6 | 1993 |
| GMC Topkick | 1993 |
Components: STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)
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 B7 | 1993 | 0 | 2 |
| Chevrolet C6 | 1993 | 0 | 1 |
| Chevrolet C7 | 1993 | 0 | 1 |
| Chevrolet Kodiak | 1993 | 1 | 1 |
| Chevrolet P6 | 1993 | 1 | 1 |
| GMC B7 | 1993 | 0 | 2 |
| GMC C6 | 1993 | 0 | 1 |
| GMC C7 | 1993 | 3 | 1 |
| GMC P6 | 1993 | 0 | 1 |
| GMC Topkick | 1993 | 1 | 1 |
Other steering recalls in 1994
23 of the 244 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 1994 concerned the steering; GENERAL MOTORS CORP. filed 1,195 campaigns in all.
| 94V249000 30 Dec 1994 | JAGUAR CARS |
| 94V244000 12 Dec 1994 | FORD MOTOR COMPANY |
| 94V233001 22 Nov 1994 | BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE |
| 94V206000 21 Oct 1994 | MACK TRUCKS, INCORPORATED |
| 94V192000 9 Oct 1994 | MACK TRUCKS, INCORPORATED |
| 94V001000 5 Oct 1994 | PREVOST CAR, INCORPORATED |
| 94V189000 4 Oct 1994 | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| 94V170000 14 Sept 1994 | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 1994