NHTSA Campaign 00V085000
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS
NHTSA campaign 00V085000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the steering: hydraulic power assist: hose, piping, and connections. The repair is free.
GENERAL MOTORS CORP filed the report for 00V085000 with NHTSA on March 16, 2000; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 00V085000, NHTSA lists up to 10,468 potentially affected vehicles, built between August 1, 1998 and June 30, 1999.
The 00V085000 report reached NHTSA 9 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 00V085000 were scheduled from April 11, 2000, 26 days after the report.
00V085000 covers 2 models from Chevrolet and GMC, model years 2000.
Owners of the model years 00V085000 covers have filed at least 5 complaints naming the steering, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 00V085000 vehicles, the 2000 GMC Savana has the most (5).
By potentially affected vehicles, 00V085000 ranks 145 of 253 GENERAL MOTORS CORP recalls on this site.
Besides 00V085000, GENERAL MOTORS CORP has 20 other recalls on the steering on this site; the one before 00V085000 was 99V301000, reported on October 29, 1999.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VANS EQUIPPED WITH A BRAKE WARNING INDICATOR. SOME OF THESE VEHICLES HAVE A POWER STEERING COOLER HOSE THAT CAN SEPARATE FROM THE POWER BRAKE BOOSTER FLUID FLOW SWITCH ASSEMBLY.
- The risk
- IF THIS OCCURS, POWER STEERING FLUID COULD FLOW ONTO HOT ENGINE PARTS AND AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE COULD OCCUR.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSPECT FOR THREE SCREW CLAMPS TO THE POWER STEERING HOSE JOINTS. IF THE CLAMPS ARE NOT THE SCREW TYPE, DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE CLAMPS.
- Notes
- OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN APRIL 11, 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 CHEVROLET AT 1-800-222-1020 OR GMC AT 1-800-462-8782.
Reported March 16, 2000
Vehicles covered by 00V085000 (2)
Chevrolet (1)
GMC (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 00V085000, 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: March 16, 2000. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted