Power train: automatic transmission: gear position indication (prndl) (Grumman)
Vehicle recall 90V-046. NHTSA received GRUMMAN OLSON, INC’s report on Mar 8, 1990.
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The short answer
NHTSA received GRUMMAN OLSON, INC’s report on Mar 8, 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?
INABILITY TO SEE GEAR SHIFT POSITION INDICATOR COULD PRESENT AN ACCIDENT HAZARD IF DRIVER IS NOT AWARE OF THE GEAR VEHICLE IS IN.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Power train: automatic transmission: gear position indication (prndl).
What should you do?
SHORTEN INSTRUMENT PANEL TO MAKE GEAR POSTION INDICATOR VISIBLE TO THE DRIVER.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: SYSTEM: GEAR SHIFT INDICATOR; FMVSS 101.VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: KURBMASTER WALK IN VAN BODIES INSTALLED ON IVECO STRIP CHASSIS.DESCRIPTION OF DEFECT: INSTALLATION OF AUTOMOBILE TRANSMISSION GEAR SHIFT TO THE RIGHT OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL BLOCKED THE VIEW OF THE GEAR SHIFT POSITION INDICATOR.
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 26 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Grumman Kurbmasterand 1989 and 1990, before the model years listed here
Who is recalling it?
- Made by GRUMMAN OLSON, 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.
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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.