NHTSA recall campaign

86V073000

Engine And Engine Cooling › Engine

Check my VIN
4Affected configurations shown87,174Potential units affectedLatest completion context
ComponentEngine And Engine Cooling › Engine
Report receivedApr 5, 1988
Investigations linked0
Indexed communications sampled0
What can happen

Safety consequence

THE ENGINE AIR CLEANER PLASTIC TRIM COVER COULD FALL OFF THE AIR CLEANER ASSEMBLY AND LAND ON THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD CREATING A FIRE HAZARD. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: IF THE CAR IS BEING OPERATED AT THE TIME THAT THE PLASTIC TRIM COVER FALLS OFF, AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE COULD OCCUR WITHOUT WARNING.

What fixes it

Official remedy

REMOVE THE TRIM COVER AND DISCARD.

Recall lifecycle

Repair completion history

Campaign-level completion reporting. This does not determine whether a particular VIN has been repaired.

Latest reported completion: available in the live DOT record.

Affected vehicles

Vehicle configurations connected to 86V073000

Owner action

Campaign pages describe the public recall record. To determine whether your specific vehicle has an unrepaired recall, use your VIN and verify the current status through NHTSA.

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