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NHTSA recall 99V336002

Wheels › Lugs/nuts/bolts/studs

Daewoo Puerto Rico Lanos

Reported Dec 3, 19991,634 vehicles affectedDAEWOO DE PUERTO RICOBuilt Jun 3, 1997 – Sep 28, 1999

The defect

Vehicle description: passenger vehicles equipped with alloy wheels and sold in puerto rico. these wheels were manufactured without the steel bushing inserts around the wheel bolt openings, allowing friction between the wheel bolt seats and the wheel bolts. this can result in the bolts loosening during hard braking.

The risk

The wheel could detach from the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.

The remedy

Dealers will retorque the wheel bolts and will update the owner's manual wheel bolt torque specification.

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Vehicles in this recall

Daewoo Puerto Rico Lanos
199819992000

Notes

Owner notification began december 9, 1999.owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact daewoo puerto rico at 1-787-274-1565.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).