NHTSA Campaign 01V026000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
NHTSA campaign 01V026000 covers 5 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the air bags: frontal. The repair is free.
GENERAL MOTORS CORP filed the report for 01V026000 with NHTSA on February 1, 2001; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 01V026000, NHTSA lists up to 38 potentially affected vehicles, built between July 1, 2000 and December 31, 2000.
The 01V026000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 01V026000 were scheduled from January 29, 2001.
01V026000 covers 5 models from Chevrolet and Pontiac, model years 2001.
Owners of the model years 01V026000 covers have filed at least 27 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 01V026000 vehicles, the 2001 Pontiac Aztek has the most (27).
By potentially affected vehicles, 01V026000 ranks 246 of 253 GENERAL MOTORS CORP recalls on this site.
Besides 01V026000, GENERAL MOTORS CORP has 16 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 01V026000 was 00V371000, reported on November 13, 2000.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER, SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND MINIVANS. THE PASSENGER AIR BAG INFLATOR MODULES WERE BUILT WITHOUT THE CORRECT AMOUNT OF GENERANT, WHICH PRODUCES THE GAS THAT FILLS THE AIR BAG. SOME WERE BUILT WITH A DOUBLE LOAD OF GENERANT AND SOME WERE BUILT WITHOUT GENERANT.
- The risk
- IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH THAT WOULD TRIGGER A PASSENGER AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT, A DOUBLE LOAD OF GENERANT CAN CAUSE THE INFLATOR MODULE TO EXPLODE. IF THE AIR BAG MODULE EXPLODES, METAL AND PLASTIC DEBRIS COULD CAUSE SEVERE INJURY TO VEHICLE OCCUPANT. A MODULE WITH NO GENERANT WOULD NOT INFLATE THE AIR BAG, AND THE OCCUPANTS COULD RECEIVE MORE SEVERE INJURIES.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE PASSENGER AIR BAG MODULE. TELEPHONE CALLS WERE MADE TO OWNERS ON JANUARY 29, 2001. FOLLOW UP OWNER MAILING BEGAN ON APRIL 17, 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, PONTIAC AT 1-800-762-2737, OR SATURN AT 1-800-553-6000.
Reported February 1, 2001
Vehicles covered by 01V026000 (5)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 01V026000, 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: February 1, 2001. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted