Vehicle recall 80V049000 · April 28, 1980

Chevrolet Camaro and Pontiac Firebird

Vehicles may fail to conform to federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 110, "tire selection and rims".

Source: NHTSA data as of September 22, 2026. Last refreshed Sep 23, 2026, 2:43 AM UTC.

Summary: Vehicles may fail to conform to federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 110, "tire selection and rims". Placard on rear edge of left door may show an incorrect vehicle capacity weight instead of the correct figure of 800 lbs.
Remedy: Dealer will install the correct label free of charge to owner.
Notes: Vehicle description: passenger vehicles.system: equipment; tire information labels.consequences of defect: improper loading could occur, leading to undesirablehandling characteristics due to overloading of the tires. This could cause anaccident.

Recall details

NHTSA campaign: 80V049000
Reported to NHTSA: April 28, 1980
Filed by: GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
Owner notification: May 1, 1980
Vehicles potentially affected: 16
Initiated by: the manufacturer
Components: Equipment › Other › Labels

Recall 80V049000 on nhtsa.gov, with the manufacturer’s documents

Vehicles covered

As listed by NHTSA. A recall usually covers only some vehicles of each model and year, often a production date range.

Chevrolet Camaro (1980): 1980
Pontiac Firebird (1980): 1980

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