This factory service and repair manual for the 1989 Chevrolet Beretta adds a second badge to the coupe — Base and GT — without changing what sits between the strut towers: the same pair of naturally aspirated gasoline engines, a 2.8-liter overhead-valve V6 of 173 cubic inches and a 2.0-liter overhead-valve inline-four of 122 cubic inches. Everything downstream of that choice, from fuel system testing to accessory belt routing and cooling system capacities, is specified by engine, while the two-door body work is common to both cars.
Engines covered
- 2.8L V6 (173 cu in) — OHV, naturally aspirated, gasoline
- 2.0L inline-four (122 cu in) — OHV, naturally aspirated, gasoline
Body styles covered
- 2-door coupe
Trims covered
- Base
- GT
Known issues on the 1989 Beretta. Five recalls are recorded federally, and three of them matter most. A front seat frame can carry a bad or missing weld that fractures, letting the seat shift under the driver. Front belt latch plates may not engage their buckles at all. And small creases in the underside of the fuel tank can crack as the tank cycles between pressures in normal use, letting fuel escape near an ignition source. Of 61 complaints, seat belts lead at 11, ahead of electrical at 10 and brakes at 9 — the seat, restraint and fuel system procedures are set out here.
THE FRONT SEAT FRAME ASSEMBLY MAY CONTAIN AN IMPROPER, MISSING AND/OR MISLOCATED WELD THAT COULD FRACTURE.
THIS COULD CAUSE UNEXPECTED SEAT MOVEMENT AND RESULT INPERSONAL INJURY AND/OR LOSS OF CONT
REPLACE BOTH FRONT SEAT ASSEMBLIES.
FRONT SEAT BELT LATCH PLATES MAY NOT ENGAGE THE BUCKLE ASSEMBLIES.
IN EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT, UNBELTED OR IMPROPERLY BELTEDOCCUPANTS ARE MORE AT RISK TO INJURY
REPLACE IMPROPERLY FUNCTIONING BUCKLE ASSEMBLIES.
A FUEL TANK LEAK COULD OCCUR DUE TO SMALL CREASES ON THE TANK UNDERSIDE CRACKING DURING PRESSURE CYCLING WHICH OCCURS DURING NORMAL OPERATION.
IN PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE, THIS CONDITION COULDRESULT IN A FIRE.
REPLACE FUEL TANK.
1987 BERETTA WAS GOING 90 MPH (A DRUNK DRIVER) WHO CRASHED INTO A LINCOLN CONTINENTAL 1989, IN WHICH THE 1987 BERETTA CRACKED IN HALF, EJECTING THE DRIVER WHO PASSED AWAY. WHILE T
1987 BERETTA WAS GOING 90 MPH (A DRUNK DRIVER) WHO CRASHED INTO A LINCOLN CONTINENTAL 1989, IN WHICH THE 1987 BERETTA CRACKED IN HALF, EJECTING THE DRIVER WHO PASSED AWAY. WHILE T
1987 BERETTA WAS GOING 90 MPH (A DRUNK DRIVER) WHO CRASHED INTO A LINCOLN CONTINENTAL 1989, IN WHICH THE 1987 BERETTA CRACKED IN HALF, EJECTING THE DRIVER WHO PASSED AWAY. WHILE T
CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT SLID BACKWARDS WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL. THE VEHICLE FLIPPED OVER TWICE AND LANDED
Showing the 4 most serious of 71 complaints filed with NHTSA.
