NHTSA Campaign 00V143000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM
NHTSA campaign 00V143000 covers 3 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: drum. The repair is free.
GENERAL MOTORS CORP filed the report for 00V143000 with NHTSA on May 17, 2000; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 00V143000, NHTSA lists up to 18,754 potentially affected vehicles, built between November 1, 1999 and January 31, 2000.
The 00V143000 report reached NHTSA 4 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 00V143000 were scheduled from June 23, 2000, 37 days after the report.
00V143000 covers 3 models from Buick and Chevrolet, model years 2000.
Owners of the model years 00V143000 covers have filed at least 42 complaints naming the service brakes, hydraulic, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 00V143000 vehicles, the 2000 Buick Century has the most (28).
By potentially affected vehicles, 00V143000 ranks 123 of 253 GENERAL MOTORS CORP recalls on this site.
Besides 00V143000, GENERAL MOTORS CORP has 25 other recalls on the service brakes, hydraulic on this site; the one before 00V143000 was 00V114000, reported on April 17, 2000.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH REAR DRUM BRAKES. THE BOLT HEAD(S) ON THE REAR SPINDLE ROD CAN SEPARATE.
- The risk
- THE REAR WHEEL CAN SHIFT, CAUSING REAR STEERING OF THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER COULD LOSE CONTROL AND A CRASH COULD OCCUR.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE REAR SPINDLE BOLTS.
- Notes
- OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN JUNE 23, 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 BUICK AT 1-800-521-7300 OR CHEVROLET AT 1-800-222-1020.
Reported May 17, 2000
Vehicles covered by 00V143000 (3)
Buick (2)
Chevrolet (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 00V143000, 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 17, 2000. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted