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  NHTSA Recall 87V168000

NHTSA Campaign Id 87V168000; Date: Oct. 26, 1987

The valve link could separate resulting in a gearselection different from what the driver selects. Also, car could be startedwith transmission in gear allowing vehicle to move in an unanticipateddirection.

icon1 Recalled Vehicles:

1987 Buick Estate;  1987 Buick Regal;  1987 Cadillac Fleetwood;  1987 Chevrolet Caprice;  1987 Chevrolet El Camino;  1987 Chevrolet Monte Carlo;  1987 GMC Caballero;  1987 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser;  1987 Oldsmobile Cutlass;  1987 Pontiac Parisienne

Component: Power Train:automatic Transmission:lever And Linkage:column Shift

Manufactured by: General Motors Corp.

Affected Units:: 11,936

icon3 Recall Summary:

Manual valve link in the transmission may have been improperly formed.

icon2 How to Fix:

Replace the manual valve detent lever link.

icon4 Recall Notes:

System: transmissionvehicle description: passenger cars and wagons with 200 4r transmissions.

Date Owners notified by Manufacturer: Nov 25, 1987

Also see:

All recalls of Buick vehicles.

More recall documents on nhtsa.gov.