Recalls
| Campaign | Manufacturer | Manufacturing date | Type | # of units affected | Date Owner notified Mfg | Recall Initiated by | Manufacturers of recalled vehicles/products | Report Recieved Date | Record Creation Date | Regulation Part Number | FMVSS Number | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARKING BRAKE - CONVENTIONAL | ||||||||||||||||
| 91V055000 | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. | from 03/01/1981 to 07/01/1986 | V (Vehicle) | 179036 | 07/01/1991 | ODI | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. | 04/11/1991 | 04/11/1991 | |||||||
| Defect Summary | Parking brake adjuster fails to operate and do not work after brake pad wear. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | Parking brakes will not completely hold a parked vehiclewhen parked on a slope, causing unintended vehicle rollaway which could resultin a vehicle accident. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Replace nonfunctioning parking brake adjusters. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | System: parking brake.vehicle description: passenger cars; firebirds and camaros with manualtransmissions and rear disk brakes and fieros with manual transmissions. | |||||||||||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARKING BRAKE - CONVENTIONAL | |||
| 2 | |||
| The emergency parking brake was not working before the recall, and after the recall work was done the emergency parking brake worked only for a month. recall 91v-055000. *ak | |||
| 1 | 04/01/1996 | ||
| Owner received recall notice for parking brake problems, called dealer and was told they could not do the repair because the vehicle had a different type of engine. recall (91v-055). *ak | |||
| 07/11/1995 | 1 | ||
| Parking brake fails to adjust/work properly. | |||