NHTSA Campaign 00V404000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE
NHTSA campaign 00V404000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the fuel system, gasoline: storage. The repair is free.
GENERAL MOTORS CORP filed the report for 00V404000 with NHTSA on December 6, 2000; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 00V404000, NHTSA lists up to 1,393 potentially affected vehicles, built between June 1, 1998 and August 31, 2000.
The 00V404000 report reached NHTSA 3 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 00V404000 were scheduled from April 12, 2001, 127 days after the report.
00V404000 covers 2 models from GMC and Chevrolet, model years 2000.
By potentially affected vehicles, 00V404000 ranks 196 of 253 GENERAL MOTORS CORP recalls on this site.
Besides 00V404000, GENERAL MOTORS CORP has 23 other recalls on the fuel system, gasoline on this site; the one before 00V404000 was 00V309000, reported on October 12, 2000.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: CHASSIS CABS. ON SOME OF THESE VEHICLES, EITHER OR BOTH OF THE TWO BODY PRESSURE RELIEF VALVES (PRV) MAY NOT SEAL AND COULD BECOME INOPERATIVE DURING THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE IF THE BODY INSTALLED ON THE VEHICLE DOES NOT PROTECT THE PRV FROM ROAD DEBRIS.
- The risk
- IF A PRV DOES NOT SEAL, EXHAUST FUMES COULD ENTER INTO THE PASSENGER CAB AND COULD CAUSE POSSIBLE ILLNESS, UNCONSCIOUSNESS, OR DEATH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE VEHICLE TO ENSURE THAT THE PRVS ARE PROTECTED BY THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE. IF THE PRVS ARE NOT PROTECTED BY THE BODY, THE DEALER WILL INSTALL NEW SHIELDED PRVS.
- Notes
- GM RECALL NO. 00092. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN APRIL 12, 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 December 6, 2000
Vehicles covered by 00V404000 (2)
GMC (1)
Chevrolet (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 00V404000, 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: December 6, 2000. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted