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Recall Query · Open

ENGINE CRADLE SEPARATION

Action number
RQ99002
Opened
Mar 4, 1999
Closed
Still open
Outcome
Recall 97V058000

Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC

This investigation led to a recall

NHTSA links this probe to recall campaign 97V058000.

Campaign 97V058000 predates our recall archive — check NHTSA.gov for details.

What NHTSA is examining

On april 1, 1997, general motors corporation filed a defect information report to recall the subject vehicles, registered in 14 high corrosion states, to replace the rear engine cradle bolts and retainers.the rear engine cradle bolts would either fracturer or pull through the retianers due to corrosion.as of september 1998, the sixth quarter, 59.3% of the subject vehicles had been repaired.in addition to the complaints of front engine cradle bolt failures in the above failure report summary, odi has received six reports of possible front engine cradle bolt failures, including two crashes.an rq is warranted to determine the extent of failures of the front engine cradle bolts and retainers on the subject vehicles.

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation records, updated daily. An investigation is not a determination that a defect exists; many probes close without a recall.