NHTSA campaign 92V087000 · Part 573 safety recall report

Prevost Car, Incorporated: Suspension › Front

Prevost Car, Incorporated reported this defect to federal regulators on Jun 16, 1992 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 42. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.

The defect

THE SUPPORTS OF THE LEFT HAND TRANSFER LEVERS PIVOT, ON THE FIRST AND SECOND AXLES, CAN CRACK AND/OR BREAK.

The risk

CRACKED/BROKEN LEFT HAND TRANSFER LEVER PIVOT SUPPORTSRENDER THE STEERING OF THE VEHICLE INOPERATIVE, RESULTING IN LOSS OF VEHICLECONTROL.

The remedy

REPLACE THE BELLOW SUPPORT ASSEMBLY. IF THERE ARE CRACKS IN THE SUPPORTS OF THE LEFT HAND TRANSFER LEVERS PIVOT, MAKE TEMPORARY REPAIRS WHILE WAITING FOR THE REPLACEMENT BELLOW SUPPORT ASSEMBLY.

2 model years covered

Newest first
VehicleComplaintsRecallsFiresCrashes
1991 Prevost H5 600300
1990 Prevost H5 600300

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 92V087000.

Full record for the 1991 Prevost H5 60 → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →