Wheels: lugs/nuts/bolts/studs (GM Products)
Vehicle equipment recall 85E-029. NHTSA received GM PRODUCTS DIV. GM CORP.’s report on Oct 4, 1985.
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The short answer
NHTSA received GM PRODUCTS DIV. GM CORP.’s report on Oct 4, 1985. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 20, 2026.
Every line below is in NHTSA’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
The notice gives no hazard in a field of its own.
WIRE WHEEL PACKAGE WAS ASSEMBLED WITH INCORRECT WHEEL NUTS THAT MAY NOT PROVIDE ADEQUATE RETENTION.
CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: TIRE AND WHEEL MAY SEPARATE FROM CAR AND COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF CONTROL AND A CRASH.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Wheels: lugs/nuts/bolts/studs.
What should you do?
REPLACE INCORRECT WHEEL NUTS WITH THE CORRECT NUTS.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: VEHICLE CATAGORY: PASSENGER CARS EQUIPPED WITH WIRE WHEEL PACKAGE.SYSTEM: WHEEL LUGS.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 190 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- GM Products GM ProductsBuilt from Apr 1, 1985 to Apr 1, 1985
Who is recalling it?
- Made by GM PRODUCTS DIV. GM CORP..
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- NHTSA’s recall file doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt.
- Which ones, by part or lot: the recall’s report on NHTSA’s site gives them where the maker did; this file gives part numbers only where its maker listed them.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file before 2010 (FLAT_RCL_PRE_2010).
Released Oct 20, 2026 and checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
Vehicle, car seat, tire and vehicle equipment recalls, owner complaints and crash ratings are from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Copied on Oct 20, 2026.