1996 Chevrolet Pickup defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 1996 Chevrolet Pickup. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• STEERING SHAFT SEPARATIONS
  Engineering Analysis EA97007 · opened Apr 17, 1997 · closed Mar 12, 1998

  Coupling bolts, joining the steering shaft, may separate.in some cases, total unforeseen, loss of steering control may result.

• STEERING SHAFT SEPARATIONS
  Preliminary Evaluation PE96076 · opened Dec 18, 1996 · closed Apr 17, 1997

  Bolt in the coupling, joining the upper intermediate and steering column shafts, falls out.total loss of steering occurs when the shafts then separate.