NHTSA Campaign 00V140000
STRUCTURE:BODY
NHTSA campaign 00V140000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the structure: body. The repair is free.
GENERAL MOTORS CORP filed the report for 00V140000 with NHTSA on May 18, 2000; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 00V140000, NHTSA lists up to 487,400 potentially affected vehicles, built between April 1, 1998 and September 30, 1999.
The 00V140000 report reached NHTSA 8 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 00V140000 were scheduled from June 9, 2000, 22 days after the report.
00V140000 covers 1 model from Pontiac, model years 2000.
By potentially affected vehicles, 00V140000 ranks 21 of 253 GENERAL MOTORS CORP recalls on this site.
Besides 00V140000, GENERAL MOTORS CORP has 17 other recalls on the structure on this site; the one before 00V140000 was 99V297000, reported on October 27, 1999.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: THESE VEHICLES DO NOT COMPLY WITH THE OCCUPANT PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS NO. 201, "OCCUPANT PROTECTION IN INTERIOR IMPACT." THE CONSOLE COVER ON THESE VEHICLES DOES NOT STAY CLOSED WHEN A SPECIFIED VERTICAL LOAD IS APPLIED.
- The risk
- IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH, THE CONSOLE COVER COULD OPEN AND THE COVER OR ITEMS STORED UNDER IT COULD INJURE AN OCCUPANT.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE CONSOLE LATCH MECHANISM.
- Notes
- OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN JUNE 9, 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 OLDSMOBILE AT 1-800-442-6537 OR PONTIAC AT 1-800-762-2737.
Reported May 18, 2000
Vehicles covered by 00V140000 (1)
Pontiac (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 00V140000, 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: May 18, 2000. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted