General Motors Corp.: Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Lever and Linkage › Floor Shift
General Motors Corp. reported this defect to federal regulators on Sep 6, 1990 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 63,964. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
TRANSAXLE SHIFT CONTROL CABLE MAY DISENGAGE FROM THE FROM THE FLOOR SHIFT CONTROL WITH LOSS OF GEAR INDICATOR REFERENCE AND SHIFT SELECTOR OPERATION.
The risk
DRIVER WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DETERMINE ACTUAL GEARPOSITION THE TRANSAXLE IS IN, WHICH COULD RESULT IN UNEXPECTED VEHICLE MOVEMENTAND AN ACCIDENT WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.
The remedy
INSTALL A TRANSAXLE SHIFT CONTROL CABLE RETAINING CLIP TO PREVENT CABLE DISENGAGEMENT.
5 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 Buick Reatta | 29 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 1990 Buick Riviera | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 1990 Cadillac Eldorado | 25 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| 1990 Cadillac Seville | 19 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1990 Oldsmobile Toronado | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 90V164000.
Full record for the 1990 Buick Reatta → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →