NHTSA Campaign 02V329000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
NHTSA campaign 02V329000 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 02V329000 with NHTSA on December 9, 2002; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 02V329000, NHTSA lists up to 272 potentially affected vehicles, built between March 1, 1999 and June 30, 1999.
The 02V329000 report reached NHTSA 3 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 02V329000 were scheduled from December 16, 2002, 7 days after the report.
02V329000 covers 5 models from Chevrolet and Pontiac, model years 2001.
Owners of the model years 02V329000 covers have filed at least 27 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 02V329000 vehicles, the 2001 Pontiac Aztek has the most (27).
By potentially affected vehicles, 02V329000 ranks 228 of 253 GENERAL MOTORS CORP recalls on this site.
Besides 02V329000, GENERAL MOTORS CORP has 16 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 02V329000 was 02V222000, reported on August 9, 2002.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN PASSENGER, SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND MINI VANS, SOME OF THESE VEHICLES HAVE A PASSENGER AIR BAG THAT WAS MANUFACTURED WITHOUT A CHECK VALVE PIN. AN AIR BAG WITHOUT THE CHECK VALVE PIN COULD PRODUCE INCREASED PRESSURE AT THE ONSET OF THE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT AND REDUCED PRESSURE AFTERWARD.
- The risk
- THIS COULD INCREASE THE SEVERITY OF INJURY TO A PERSON WHO WAS NOT PROPERLY RESTRAINED AND WHO WAS CLOSE TO THE PASSENGER AIR BAG AT THE TIME OF DEPLOYMENT. IT COULD ALSO REDUCE THE AB8ILITY OF THE AIR BAG TO PROTECT A RESTRAINED FRONT SEAT PASSENGER.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND, IF NECESSARY, REPLACE THE PASSENGER AIR BAG. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN DECEMBER 16, 2002. 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, OLDSMOBILE AT 1-800-442-6537, OR SATURN AT 1-800-553-6000, PROMPT #3.
- Notes
- GM RECALL NO. 02061.
Reported December 9, 2002
Vehicles covered by 02V329000 (5)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 02V329000, 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 9, 2002. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted