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  NHTSA Recall 91V055000

NHTSA Campaign Id 91V055000; Date: Apr. 11, 1991

Parking brakes will not completely hold a parked vehiclewhen parked on a slope, causing unintended vehicle rollaway which could resultin a vehicle accident.

icon1 Recalled Vehicles:

1982 Chevrolet Camaro;  1983 Chevrolet Camaro;  1984 Chevrolet Camaro;  1985 Chevrolet Camaro;  1986 Chevrolet Camaro;  1984 Pontiac Fiero;  1985 Pontiac Fiero;  1986 Pontiac Fiero;  1982 Pontiac Firebird;  1983 Pontiac Firebird;  1984 Pontiac Firebird;  1985 Pontiac Firebird;  1986 Pontiac Firebird

Component: Parking Brake:conventional

Manufactured by: General Motors Corp.

Affected Units:: 179,036

icon3 Recall Summary:

Parking brake adjuster fails to operate and do not work after brake pad wear.

icon2 How to Fix:

Replace nonfunctioning parking brake adjusters.

icon4 Recall Notes:

System: parking brake. Vehicle description: passenger cars; firebirds and camaros with manualtransmissions and rear disk brakes and fieros with manual transmissions.

Date Owners notified by Manufacturer: Jul 1, 1991

Also see:

All recalls of Chevrolet vehicles.

More recall documents on nhtsa.gov.