NHTSA Campaign 00V258001
EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
NHTSA campaign 00V258001 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the equipment: other: labels. The repair is free.
GENERAL MOTORS CORP filed the report for 00V258001 with NHTSA on September 8, 2000; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 00V258001, NHTSA lists up to 223,194 potentially affected vehicles, built between March 1, 1999 and November 30, 1999.
The 00V258001 report reached NHTSA 9 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 00V258001 were scheduled from October 18, 2000, 40 days after the report.
00V258001 covers 1 model from GMC, model years 2000.
By potentially affected vehicles, 00V258001 ranks 39 of 253 GENERAL MOTORS CORP recalls on this site.
Besides 00V258001, GENERAL MOTORS CORP has 13 other recalls on the equipment on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: LIGHT DUTY PICKUP TRUCKS AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES. SOME OF THESE VEHICLES WERE BUILT WITH INCORRECT PAYLOAD INFORMATION ON THE VEHICLE CERTIFICATION LABEL. THE PAYLOAD SHOWN ON THE LABEL IS GREATER THAN THE MAXIMUM VALIDATED PAYLOAD. IF THE VEHICLE WERE LOADED TO THE INCORRECTLY LABELED PAYLOAD, IT MAY NOT RIDE AND HANDLE IN THE MANNER THAT THE DRIVER EXPECTS.
- The risk
- THIS COULD RESULT IN A LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE OR AN INABILITY TO STOP THE VEHICLE WITHIN EXPECTED STOPPING DISTANCES.
- The fix
- OWNERS WILL BE SENT A NEW LABEL FOR INSTALLATION ON THE DRIVER'S DOOR OF THE VEHICLE.
- Notes
- OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN OCTOBER 18, 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, GMC AT 1-800-462-8782, OR OLDSMOBILE AT 1-800-442-6537.
Reported September 8, 2000
Vehicles covered by 00V258001 (1)
GMC (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 00V258001, 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: September 8, 2000. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted