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NHTSA recall 98V053000

Suspension › Front › Control arm › Lower arm

Chevrolet Blazer and 2 more

Reported Mar 9, 199872 vehicles affectedGENERAL MOTORS CORP.Maker’s number 98006Built Jan 1, 1998 – Jan 31, 1998

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.

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Vehicles in this recall

Chevrolet Blazer
1998
GMC Jimmy
1998
Oldsmobile Bravada
1998

Notes

Gm recall no. 98006.Owner/dealer notification began january 22, 1998.these vehicles were in-transit or very recently delivered to dealerships.customers receiving these vehicles before january 22, 1998, were contacted by the selling dealer to return their vehicle for the service procedure.owners who were not contacted by their dealer within a reasonable time should contact chevrolet at 1-800-222-1022, oldsmobile at 1-800-442-6537, or GMC at 1-800-462-8782.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).