Engine and engine cooling: cooling system: fan (White GMC)
Vehicle recall 89V-229. NHTSA received VOLVO GM HEAVY TRUCK CORP’s report on Dec 18, 1989.
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The short answer
NHTSA received VOLVO GM HEAVY TRUCK CORP’s report on Dec 18, 1989. 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?
BLADES SEPARATING FROM THE FAN ASSEMBLY COULD PRESENT ASAFETY HAZARD TO ANYONE WALKING IN THE VICINITY OF THE ENGINE.
THE BLADE(S) MAY SEPARATE FROM THE ENGINE COOLING FAN ASSEMBLY.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Engine and engine cooling: cooling system: fan.
What should you do?
REMOVE AND REPLACE SUSPECT FAN ASSEMBLY.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: SYSTEM: ENGINE COOLING FAN.VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: HEAVY-DUTY TRUCKS WITH 33,000 LBS. GVWR AND GREATER.
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 67 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- White GMC WXLLand 1990, before the model years listed here
- White GMC WXand 1990, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by VOLVO GM HEAVY TRUCK 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.
- Whether one vehicle or seat has been fixed: only its maker, or NHTSA’s lookup with a VIN, can say.
- This recall names only model years before 2015, which have no pages here. Your VIN, at NHTSA, says which recalls are open on a vehicle.
- 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.