Buick Skylark 1996 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 96074 · NHTSA communication 52082 · issued Jan 1, 1997
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Steering
component
1996
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
Recall 97v-037 - general motors has decided that a defect which relates to motor vehicle safety exists in certain 1996 buick skylark and pontiac grand am model vehicles - the steering column lower pinch bolt may not fhave been tightened to specified torque - an under-torqued pinch bolt could result in a rattle and looseness in the steering column - if the pinch bolt were backed out of the joint completely, rotation of the steering shaft against the connector in high effort steering maneuvers could cause increasing loosness in the steering system and could result in loss of steering and a crash
Vehicles covered
What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.