Suspension: rear: springs: leaf spring assembly (TRW)
Vehicle equipment recall 90E-023. NHTSA received TRW AUTOMOTIVE PROD.,INC’s report on Jul 18, 1990.
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The short answer
NHTSA received TRW AUTOMOTIVE PROD.,INC’s report on Jul 18, 1990. 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?
FRACTURE COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF CONTROL AND A CRASH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.
REAR WHEEL TIE ROD ASSEMBLY MAY FATIGUE AND FRACTURE AT INBOARD BEARING DUE TO HIGH INNER JOINT ROCKING TORQUE.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Suspension: rear: springs: leaf spring assembly.
What should you do?
REPLACE FAULTY TIE ROD ASSEMBLIES AS DIRECTED. THIS RECALL IS ASSOCIATED WITH GM PRODUCT SAFETY CAMPAIGN 89C17.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: SYSTEM: REAR WHEEL TIE ROD ASSEMBLIES (TOE LINKS); 1984 - 1990 CORVETTES.AFTER MARKET AND ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT;DOM: JUNE 1988 TO MARCH 1990.PART NUMBER DS-1048.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 115 items potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- TRW TRWBuilt from Jun 1, 1988 to Mar 1, 1990
Who is recalling it?
- Made by TRW AUTOMOTIVE PROD.,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.
- 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).
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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.