Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1987 White Truck White Truck

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.

6
Open recalls
0
NHTSA complaints
0
Defect investigations
0
Service bulletins

Recalls

6 campaigns
88V150000·SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR1988-09-13

THE SEAT CUSHION MAY INTERFERE WITH THE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR MECHANISM KEEPING IT FROM LOCKING.

RiskSEAT BELT WOULD BE INEFFECTIVE AND WOULD NOT RESTRAINOCCUPANT IN EVENT OF A SUDDEN STOP OR ACCIDENT.

FixINSTALL A SPACER BEHIND THE BELT ASSEMBLY MOUNT.

88V092000·EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS1988-06-10

DECALS WARNING NOT TO USE ETHER OR STARTING FLUIDS MAY HAVE BEEN OMITTED FROM THE AIR CLEANER AND/OR INSTRUMENT PANEL.

RiskINJECTION OF THESE FLUIDS INTO THE AIR INTAKE SYSTEMCOULD POSSIBLY BE IGNITED BY THE HEATING COILS AND AN EXPLOSION MAY OCCUR.

FixINSTALL WARNING LABELS.

87V145000·SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:CONTROLS:FOOT CONTROL/VALVE1987-09-15

FOOT CONTROLLED BRAKE VALVE MAY MALFUNCTION BY ALLOWING AIR PRESSURE TO BYPASS CONTROL PISTON O RING.

RiskTHESE CONDITIONS COULD CAUSE OVERLY AGGRESSIVE TRUCKBRAKING DURING NORMAL BRAKE APPLICATIONS CREATING THE POTENTIAL FOR A VEHICLECRASH.

FixREPAIR SO AS TO PREVENT BRAKE VALVE MALFUNCTION.

87V138000·SUSPENSION:MULTIPLE AXLE:TORQUE ARM1987-09-04

THE TANDEM SUSPENSION CURVED TORQUE RODS MAY FAIL AT A POINT WHERE THE TWO PIECE CENTER TUBE IS WELDED TOGETHER.

RiskA BROKEN TORQUE ROD WOULD AFFECT THE HANDLING AND THESTABILITY OF THE VEHICLE.

FixINSPECT AND MAKE NECESSARY REPAIRS TO PRECLUDE ROD SEPARATION AT THE WELD POINT.

87V054000·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES1987-04-14

BRAKE PEDAL ASSEMBLY USED IN RIGHT HAND STATION MAY HAVE BEEN IMPROPERLY WELDED AND COULD FAIL.

RiskNORMAL BRAKING CONTROL WOULD BE AFFECTED CREATING THEPOTENTIAL FOR A CRASH.

FixREPAIR BRAKE PEDAL ASSEMBLY.

87V044000·SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS1987-04-01

INCORRECT GRADE 5 BOLTS MAY HAVE BEEN USED TO INSTALL THE FRONT SPRING FRONT PIN CAP, INSTEAD OF THE GRADE 8 REQUIRED.

RiskBOLT COULD YIELD, STRIP OR BREAK WHICH COULD ALLOW THESPRING TO BECOME DETACHED FROM ITS ANCHOR BRACKET AND AFFECT VEHICLE STABILITY.

FixINSTALL CORRECT GRADE 8 BOLTS.

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