NHTSA Campaign 01V126000
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM
NHTSA campaign 01V126000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the suspension: front: control arm: lower arm. The repair is free.
GENERAL MOTORS CORP filed the report for 01V126000 with NHTSA on April 12, 2001; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 01V126000, NHTSA lists up to 30,476 potentially affected vehicles, built between July 1, 1999 and October 31, 1999.
The 01V126000 report reached NHTSA 17 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 01V126000 were scheduled from April 4, 2001.
01V126000 covers 2 models from Chevrolet and GMC, model years 2002.
Owners of the model years 01V126000 covers have filed at least 35 complaints naming the suspension, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 01V126000 vehicles, the 2002 GMC Envoy has the most (35).
By potentially affected vehicles, 01V126000 ranks 113 of 253 GENERAL MOTORS CORP recalls on this site.
Besides 01V126000, GENERAL MOTORS CORP has 8 other recalls on the suspension on this site; the one before 01V126000 was 00V116000, reported on April 18, 2000.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES. UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES THE FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARM BRACKETS MAY FRACTURE. THIS FRACTURE COULD RESULT IN SEPARATION OF THE FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARM FROM THE FRAME.
- The risk
- A SEPARATION COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL, RESULTING IN A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE LEFT AND RIGHT FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARM BRACKETS. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN BY TELEPHONE ON APRIL 4, 2001. THE FOLLOWUP LETTER TO CONSUMERS WAS MAILED MAY 3, 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, OLDSMOBILE AT 1-800-442-6537, OR GMC AT 1-800-462-8782.
Reported April 12, 2001
Vehicles covered by 01V126000 (2)
Chevrolet (1)
GMC (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 01V126000, 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: April 12, 2001. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted