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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.