1989 Chevrolet C1500: recalls and complaints
NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign for the 1989 Chevrolet C1500. The campaign is 90V170000. NHTSA received the report on 17 Sep 1990. The NHTSA record gives the component Seat Belts / Front / Anchorage. NHTSA has 33 complaints on file for this model year.
The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on this campaign.
This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.
Remedy of campaign 90V170000, in the NHTSA record
Provide owner's manual insert containing the correct rear lap-shoulder belt instructions.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
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Recall campaigns
1 campaign. 194,243 units in total.
90V170000Received . 194,243 units.
Seat Belts / Front / Anchorage
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Trucks can contain incorrect instructions on how to properly adjust rear seat lap-shoulder belts as required by FMVSS 209.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
Incorrectly adjusted seat belt would not properlyrestrain occupant in an accident of sudden stop; trucks would not comply withfmvss 209.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Provide owner's manual insert containing the correct rear lap-shoulder belt instructions.
Report filed by GENERAL MOTORS CORP.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.
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Complaints by component
33 complaints, 39 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.
| Component | Mentions |
|---|---|
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 13 |
| Power Train | 6 |
| Steering | 4 |
| Seat Belts | 4 |
| Exterior Lighting | 4 |
| Electrical System | 1 |
| Seats | 1 |
| Wheels | 1 |
| Unknown or Other | 1 |
| Equipment | 1 |
The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 13.
- Complaints that report a crash
- 2
- Complaints that report a fire
- 3
- Injuries in the complaints
- 2
- Deaths in the complaints
- 0
- Date of the newest complaint
- 30 Dec 2008
These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Investigations
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.
Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.
Other model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
- NHTSA page of the 1989 Chevrolet C1500The recalls, the complaints and the investigations that NHTSA shows for this model year.
Cite this page
Recall Register. 1989 Chevrolet C1500: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/chevrolet/c1500/1989/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- First complaint in the file
- 1 Jan 1995
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
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Questions
- How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1989 Chevrolet C1500?
- 194,243 units in 1 campaign. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
- How many recall campaigns does the Chevrolet C1500 have for all model years?
- NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign for the Chevrolet C1500, model years 1988 to 1996. It names the 1989 model year.
- Which component do the complaints about the 1989 Chevrolet C1500 name most often?
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic: 13 of 39 component mentions.
- Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1989 Chevrolet C1500 open?
- The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.