NHTSA Campaign 00V056000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
NHTSA campaign 00V056000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings. The repair is free.
GENERAL MOTORS CORP filed the report for 00V056000 with NHTSA on February 28, 2000; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 00V056000, NHTSA lists up to 1,000 potentially affected vehicles, built between September 1, 1999 and January 31, 2000.
The 00V056000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 00V056000 were scheduled from March 22, 2000, 23 days after the report.
00V056000 covers 1 model from Cadillac, model years 2000.
Owners of the model years 00V056000 covers have filed at least 2 complaints naming the service brakes, hydraulic, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 00V056000 ranks 206 of 253 GENERAL MOTORS CORP recalls on this site.
Besides 00V056000, GENERAL MOTORS CORP has 25 other recalls on the service brakes, hydraulic on this site; the one before 00V056000 was 99V357000, reported on December 17, 1999.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: LIMOUSINE AND HEARSE MODEL VEHICLES. THE RIGHT FRONT BRAKE HOSE CAN CONTACT THE WHEEL RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE BRAKE HOSE.
- The risk
- IF THE HOSE BECOMES DAMAGED, THERE CAN BE A LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID AND PRESSURE IN HALF OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM. THE BRAKE PEDAL WILL BE LOWER THAN NORMAL AND STOPPING DISTANCES WILL BE LONGER, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE RIGHT FRONT BRAKE HOSE ASSEMBLY. THE LEFT FRONT BRAKE HOSE ASSEMBLY WILL ALSO BE REPLACED TO PREVENT THE POSSIBILITY OF INCORRECT POSITION OF THE HOSE DURING ANY FUTURE SERVICE.
- Notes
- GM RECALL NO. 00022. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN MARCH 22, 2000. OWNERS WHO TAKE THEIR VEHICLES TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON AN AGREED UPON SERVICE DATE AND DO NOT RECEIVE THE FREE REMEDY WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME SHOULD CONTACT CADILLAC AT 1-800-458-8006.
Reported February 28, 2000
Vehicles covered by 00V056000 (1)
Cadillac (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 00V056000, not that your own vehicle does: a campaign covers a range of VINs. A VIN check on NHTSA's lookup shows whether it is.
Newest record on this page: February 28, 2000. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted