Oldsmobile Steering: Steering Wheel/Handle Bar

Oldsmobile is recalling about 70,644 vehicles over a problem with the steering.

Campaign
66V032003
Manufacturer
GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
Reported
19 January 1966
Vehicles
70,644
Built between
Not published
Models
2
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
6 January 1967
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

The manufacturer did not publish a build-date range for this recall, so the model and year list below is the only way to tell whether your vehicle is covered.

  • 1967 Oldsmobile Cutlass
  • 1967 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser

Timeline

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA19 January 1966
  2. Owners notified6 January 1967

Your rights

A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.

That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 19 January 1966.

To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
Recall initiated by
MFR

Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

Additional notes

Possibility that steering shaft may have been improperly installed.this could cause a binding condition which, even though not noticable to the owner ,might subject the shaft to abnormal stresses under certain conditions.should these stresses be severe enough or extend over a sufficient period of time, the steering shaft could break with resultant loss of steering.(replace all shafts with improved design.)

Check your own vehicle

This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.

A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.

Same component

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