GMC M9500 1968: STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR

General Information

NHTSA Campaign ID Number: 68V015000

Make Model Year
GMC M9500 1968
Date Owners Notified Date Received by ODI Date Added to Database
1968-02-22 1968-02-27 1979-10-12

Manufacturers Involved: General Motors, LLC

Component: STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR

Potential Number Of Units Affected: 331

Report Initiator: MFR MFR Report

Notes

POSSIBILITY THE BOLT WHICH CLAMPS THE UPPER UNIVERSAL JOINT YOKE TO THE LOWER STEERING SHAFT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN PROPERLY TIGHTENED AND MAY HAVE BEEN THE WRONG TYPE AND COULD LOOSEN.A LOOSE CLAMP BOLT COULD FALL OUT AND ALLOW THE UPPERUNIVERSAL JOINT AND LOWER STEERING SHAFT TO BECOME DISCONNECTED, RE- SULTING IN LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL.'CORRECT BY REPLACING THE UPPER UNIVERSAL JOINT YOKE CLAMP BOLT.'