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Search Results   Report Date : November 21, 2009 at 09:47 PM NHTSA Action Number : RQ03001 N/A NHTSA Action Number : RQ03001 NHTSA Recall Campaign Number : N/A Make / Models :         Model/Build Years:          BUICK / CENTURY     1997-1998      BUICK / PARK AVENUE     1996-1998      BUICK / PARK AVENUE ULTRA     1996-1998      BUICK / REGAL     1996-1998      CADILLAC / CONCOURS     1996-1998      CADILLAC / DEVILLE     1996-1998      CADILLAC / SEVILLE     1996-1998      CHEVROLET / CORVETTE     1996      CHEVROLET / LUMINA     1996-1998      CHEVROLET / MALIBU     1997-1998      CHEVROLET / MONTE CARLO     1996-1998      OLDSMOBILE / 98     1996-1998      OLDSMOBILE / CUTLASS     1997-1998      OLDSMOBILE / CUTLASS SUPREME     1996-1997      OLDSMOBILE / INTRIGUE     1998      PONTIAC / GRAND AM     1996-1998 Manufacturer : GENERAL MOTORS CORP. Component : STEERING STEERING:RACK AND PINION Date Investigation Opened : January 2, 2003 Date Investigation Closed : September 15, 2003 Summary: GM CONDUCTED A SAFETY RECALL (NHTSA # 02V286) TO ADDRESS A STEERING DEFECT PERTAINING TO A LOWER PINION BEARING (LPB) WITHIN THE RACK AND PINION STEERING GEAR (R&P). THE RECALL COVERED 1,159,156 MODEL YEAR 1997-1998 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX VEHICLES BUILT BETWEEN MARCH 1, 1996 AND OCTOBER 31, 1997, 1996-1998 PONTIAC TRANS SPORT, CHEVROLET LUMINA APV, CHEVROLET VENTURE, OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE MINIVANS, AND CHEVROLET CAVALIER AND PONTIAC SUNFIRE SEDANS BUILT BETWEEN JANUARY 1, 1996 AND OCTOBER 31, 1997. ODI OPENED THIS RQ AFTER RECEIVING REPORTS THAT OTHER VEHICLES WERE EXHIBITING THE SAME SYMPTOMS AS THE RECALLED VEHICLES. BASED ON ODI'S REVIEW OF TECHNICAL AND COMPLAINT DATA COLLECTED DURING THE RQ, THE W-CARS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH EITHER A HIGHER STEERING COMPLAINT RATE OR A HIGHER LPB FAILURE RATE THAN THE OTHER VEHICLES INVESTIGATED UNDER THE RQ AND ARE ABOVE OR NEAR THE RATES FOR THE RECALLED VEHICLES. THUS, ODI WILL FURTHER EXAMINE THE W-CARS (1996-1997 OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS SUPREME, 1996-1998 BUICK REGAL, CHEVROLET LUMINA, CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO, 1997-1998 BUICK CENTURY, AND 1998 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE) UNDER A NEW INVESTIGATION, ENGINEERING ANALYSIS (EA)03-019. Check to Request Research. Submit below.