General Motors Corp.: Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Tank Assembly › Mounting
General Motors Corp. reported this defect to federal regulators on Oct 4, 1994 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 3,037. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
THE FUEL LINES ATTACHED TO THE FUEL TANK WERE NOT PROPERLY TIGHTENED.
The risk
THESE FUEL LINES CAN LOOSEN TO THE POINT OF ALLOWING FUEL TO LEAK FROM THE LINES RESULTING IN A VEHICLE FIRE.
The remedy
DEALERS WILL LOWER THE FUEL TANK AND TIGHTEN THE FUEL TANK LINES TO THE PROPER TORQUE VALUE.
2 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 Chevrolet Astro | 446 | 7 | 6 | 53 |
| 1995 GMC Safari | 195 | 6 | 4 | 25 |
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 94V188000.
Full record for the 1995 Chevrolet Astro → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →