- Vehicles
- 55,564
- Built between
- Not published
- Models
- 24
- Recall type
- Vehicle
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- 30 August 1976
- 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.
- 1977 Buick Century
- 1977 Buick Electra
- 1977 Buick Lesabre
- 1977 Buick Regal
- 1977 Buick Skylark
- 1977 Chevrolet Belair
- 1976-1977 Chevrolet Camaro
- 1977 Chevrolet Caprice
- 1977 Chevrolet Chevelle
- 1977 Chevrolet EL Camino
- 1977 Chevrolet Impala
- 1977 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
- 1977 Chevrolet Nova
- 1977 GMC Sprint
- 1977 Oldsmobile 88
- 1977 Oldsmobile 98
- 1977 Oldsmobile Cutlass
- 1977 Oldsmobile Omega
- 1977 Pontiac Bonneville
- 1977 Pontiac Catalina
- 1976 Pontiac Firebird
- 1977 Pontiac Grand Prix
- 1977 Pontiac Lemans
- 1977 Pontiac Ventura
Timeline
- Recall reported to NHTSA7 September 1976
- Owners notified30 August 1976
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 7 September 1976.
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
General motor campaign no 77-C-1.POSSIBILITY that the steering intermediateshaft may have been assembled with coupling retainer locking tabs not bent overproperly or one or more of the lower flexible coupling rivets improperlypeened.if either of these conditions exists, the intermediate shaft assemblycould separate causing loss of steering control, and vehicle crash may occurwithout prior warning.(correct by inspecting, and replacing shaft wherenecessary).passenger vehicle.
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.