The defect
VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: MULTI-PURPOSE PASSENGER VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH 4-WHEEL DRIVE OR ALL-WHEEL-DRIVE. ONE OR BOTH OF THE ATTACHING NUTS FOR THE RIGHT-HAND LOWER CONTROL ARM ARE UNDER TORQUED. THIS CAN ALLOW THE ATTACHMENT BOLT TO LOOSEN AND SUBSEQUENT BREAK RESULTING IN SEPARATION OF THE LOWER CONTROL ARM FROM THE FRAME.
The risk
THIS CONDITION CAN RESULT IN A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL.
The remedy
DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND RETIGHTEN THE RIGHT-HAND LOWER CONTROL ARM NUTS TO THE PROPER TORQUE SPECIFICATION.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Chevrolet Blazer | 1998 |
| GMC Jimmy | 1998 |
| Oldsmobile Bravada | 1998 |
Components: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM
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 Blazer | 1998 | 716 | 3 |
| GMC Jimmy | 1998 | 238 | 2 |
| Oldsmobile Bravada | 1998 | 98 | 2 |
Other suspension recalls in 1998
20 of the 367 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 1998 concerned the suspension; GENERAL MOTORS CORP. filed 1,195 campaigns in all.
| 98V322000 16 Dec 1998 | FORD MOTOR COMPANY |
| 98V319000 15 Dec 1998 | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| 98V314000 11 Dec 1998 | NEWELL COACH CORP. |
| 98V286000 6 Nov 1998 | SPARTAN MOTORS, INC. |
| 98V255000 14 Oct 1998 | VOLVO TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA INC |
| 98V245000 6 Oct 1998 | HYUNDAI MOTOR AMERICA |
| 98V239000 6 Oct 1998 | PREVOST CAR, INCORPORATED |
| 98V247000 5 Oct 1998 | WHEELED COACH INDUSTRIES |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 1998