Equipment: other: labels (Peugeot)
Vehicle recall 89V-231. NHTSA received PEUGEOT, INC.’s report on Dec 14, 1989.
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The short answer
NHTSA received PEUGEOT, INC.’s report on Dec 14, 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?
OVERLOADING OF THE REAR AXLE WILL RESULT IN DIFFICULTVEHICLE HANDLING, AND COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND ANACCIDENT.
POSSIBLE OVERLOADING OF REAR AXLE IF THE VEHICLE IS LOADED WITH 8 PEOPLE PLUS CARGO.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Equipment: other: labels.
What should you do?
INSTALL CORRECTED PLACARD
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: SYSTEM:TIRE RESERVE LOAD LABELVEHICLE CATEGORY: PASSENGER CARS
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 999 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Peugeot 505and 1989, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by PEUGEOT, INC..
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.