NHTSA Campaign 00V345000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
NHTSA campaign 00V345000 covers 5 year-make-model versions 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 00V345000 with NHTSA on October 30, 2000; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 00V345000, NHTSA lists up to 1,383,922 potentially affected vehicles, built between April 1, 1998 and July 31, 1999.
The 00V345000 report reached NHTSA 15 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 00V345000 were scheduled from February 5, 2001, 98 days after the report.
00V345000 covers 5 models from Chevrolet and GMC, model years 2000.
Owners of the model years 00V345000 covers have filed at least 812 complaints naming the service brakes, hydraulic, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 00V345000 vehicles, the 2000 Chevrolet Silverado has the most (450).
By potentially affected vehicles, 00V345000 ranks 5 of 253 GENERAL MOTORS CORP recalls on this site.
Besides 00V345000, GENERAL MOTORS CORP has 25 other recalls on the service brakes, hydraulic on this site; the one before 00V345000 was 00V222000, reported on August 8, 2000.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: LIGHT DUTY PICKUP TRUCKS AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES. SOME OF THESE VEHICLES HAVE A CLEARANCE CONDITION BETWEEN THE FRONT RIGHT-HAND BRAKE PIPE AND THE BODY CROSS SILL THAT COULD DECREASE TO THE POINT OF ALLOWING CONTACT DURING THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE. IF CONTACT OCCURS AND THE BRAKE PIPE BECOMES DAMAGED, IN HALF OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM THERE CAN BE A LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID AND PRESSURE. THE BRAKE WARNING LAMP WILL BE ACTIVATED WHEN THE BRAKE FLUID LEVEL REACHES THE INDICATOR LIMIT.
- The risk
- DURING BRAKING, THE PEDAL WILL BE LOWER THAN NORMAL AND STOPPING DISTANCES WILL BE LONGER. IF THIS OCCURS WHEN STOPPING DISTANCE IS LIMITED, A CRASH COULD OCCUR.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE FRONT RIGHT-HAND BRAKE PIPE FOR WEAR. IF THERE ARE SIGNS OF WEAR, THIS SECTION OF THE BRAKE PIPE WILL BE REPLACED WITH A NEW DESIGNED BRAKE PIPE SECTION. IF THERE ARE NOT SIGNS OF WEAR ON THE BRAKE PIPE, THE DEALER WILL INSTALL A SPACER CLIP TO ENSURE SUFFICIENT CLEARANCE BETWEEN THE BRAKE PIPE AND THE BODY CROSS SILL.
- Notes
- OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN FEBRUARY 5, 2001. 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 October 30, 2000
Vehicles covered by 00V345000 (5)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 00V345000, 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: October 30, 2000. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted