Engine and engine cooling: engine (Dodge, Plymouth and Chrysler)
Vehicle recall 89V-237. NHTSA received CHRYSLER CORPORATION’s report on Dec 27, 1989.
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The short answer
NHTSA received CHRYSLER CORPORATION’s report on Dec 27, 1989. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 27, 2026.
Every line below is in NHTSA’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
THE LEAKAGE OF OIL IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT COULD CAUSEA FIRE.
THE ENGINE VALVE COVER GASKET MAY DISLOCATE AND ALLOW AN ENGINE OIL LEAK AT THE GASKET.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Engine and engine cooling: engine.
What should you do?
REPLACE GASKET COVER WITH REVISED COVER, AND RTV SEALANT WILL BE APPLIED IN PLACE OF A GASKET.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: SYSTEM: ENGINE VALVE COVER GASKET.VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER CARS, LIGHT TRUCKS, AND MINIVANS.
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 634,000 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.
- Dodge Dakotaand 1989 and 1990, before the model years listed here
- Dodge Dynastyand 1989 and 1990, before the model years listed here
- Dodge Lancerand 1989, before the model years listed here
- Dodge Spiritand 1989 and 1990, before the model years listed here
- Dodge Ariesand 1989, before the model years listed here
- Dodge Omniand 1989 and 1990, before the model years listed here
- Plymouth Acclaimand 1989 and 1990, before the model years listed here
- Plymouth Horizonand 1989 and 1990, before the model years listed here
- Chrysler Lebaronand 1989 and 1990, before the model years listed here
- Chrysler Lebaron GTSand 1989 and 1990, before the model years listed here
- Plymouth Sundanceand 1989 and 1990, before the model years listed here
- Dodge Caravanand 1989 and 1990, before the model years listed here
- Plymouth Voyagerand 1989 and 1990, before the model years listed here
- Dodge Shadowand 1989 and 1990, before the model years listed here
- Plymouth Reliantand 1989, before the model years listed here
- Dodge Daytonaand 1989 and 1990, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by CHRYSLER CORPORATION.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 27, 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 27, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 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 27, 2026.