General Motors Corp.: Steering › Steering Wheel/Handle Bar
General Motors Corp. reported this defect to federal regulators on Jul 1, 1996 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 965. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
THE STEERING WHEEL CENTER HUB TO SPOKE WELD CAN FRACTURE.
The risk
THIS CONDITION WILL ALLOW THE STEERING WHEEL TO SEPARATE FROM THE STEERING COLUMN INCREASING THE RISK OF A VEHICLE ACCIDENT.
The remedy
DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE STEERING WHEEL FOR THE SUSPECT STEERING WHEEL LOT DATE CODE AND REPLACE ANY FOUND TO HAVE THIS SUSPECT DATE.
1 model year covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 Geo Tracker | 48 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
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 96V118000.
Full record for the 1994 Geo Tracker → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →