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1984 Chevrolet Chevette

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

2
Open recalls
0
NHTSA complaints
4
Defect investigations
0
Service bulletins

Recalls

2 campaigns
88V050000·POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT1988-04-04

THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFT LEVER BUTTON MECHANISM MAY WEAR TO THE POINT THAT THE BUTTON ON THE SHIFT LEVER NO LONGER NEEDS TO BE DEPRESSED TO SHIFT GEARS.

RiskA LEVER WITH THIS CONDITION COULD BE INADVERTENTLY BUMPEDOR MOVED FROM DRIVE TO REVERSE BY THE DRIVER OR A PASSENGER WHILE THE VEHICLEIS BEING DRIVEN. A SUDDEN UNEXPECTED SHIFTING COULD CAUSE LOSS OF VEHICLECONTROL AND A VEHICLE CRASH.

FixA NEWLY DESIGNED TRANSMISSION SHIFT LEVER WILL BE INSTALLED ON ALL VEHICLES.

84V011000·SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER1984-02-06

SOME VEHICLES HAVE BUCKET SEAT BACK LOCKS THAT DO NOT CONFORM TO FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD 207, ANCHORAGE OF SEATS. IN EVENT OF A CRASH, THE SEAT BACK LOCK MAY NOT FUNCTION.

FixINSPECTION OF SEAT BACK LOCKS WILL BE PERFORMED. LOCKS THAT HAVE BENT, BROKEN OR MISSING HOOKS WILL BE REPLACED.

NHTSA investigations

4 actions
PE88023·POWER TRAIN1988-02-05 → 1988-04-08

SHIFTER FAILURE

Led to recall88V050000

DP87009·SEAT BELTS1986-12-30 → 1987-02-10

SAFETY BELTS

EA85018·ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING1985-03-13 → 1987-09-04

CRANKSHAFT PULLEY BOLT

DP85002·ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE1984-10-10 → 1985-03-26

CRANKSHAFT PULLEY BOLT BREAKS

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