General Motors Corp.: Suspension › Front › Control Arm › Lower Arm
General Motors Corp. reported this defect to federal regulators on Apr 5, 1994 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 30,148. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
TRUCKS WERE ASSEMBLED WITH THE LEFT-HAND LOWER CONTROL ARM TO FRAME REAR NUT TIGHTENED BELOW THE SPECIFIED TORQUE. LOW TORQUE ON THIS NUT MAY ALLOW THE ATTACHMENT BOLT TO LOOSED AND SUBSEQUENTLY FATIGUE AND BREAK. THE BOLT BREAKAGE CAN CAUSE THE LEFT HAND CONTROL ARM TO SEPARATE FROM THE FRAME.
The risk
IF THIS OCCURS, A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND A CRASH COULD RESULT.
The remedy
DEALERS WILL TIGHTEN THE LEFT-HAND LOWER CONTROL ARM TO FRAME REAR NUT TO THE PROPER TORQUE SPECIFICATION.
12 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 Chevrolet C10 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 Chevrolet C20 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 3 |
| 1994 Chevrolet C30 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 Chevrolet K10 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 Chevrolet K20 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 Chevrolet K30 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 GMC C15 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 1994 GMC C25 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 GMC C35 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 GMC K15 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 GMC K25 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 GMC K35 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 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 94V060000.
Full record for the 1994 Chevrolet C10 → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →