NHTSA Campaign 03V115000
STEERING
NHTSA campaign 03V115000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the steering. The repair is free.
GENERAL MOTORS CORP filed the report for 03V115000 with NHTSA on March 24, 2003; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 03V115000, NHTSA lists up to 47,835 potentially affected vehicles, built between October 1, 2002 and February 28, 2003.
The 03V115000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 03V115000 were scheduled from March 20, 2003.
03V115000 covers 1 model from Cadillac, model years 2003.
Owners of the model years 03V115000 covers have filed at least 28 complaints naming the steering, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 03V115000 ranks 88 of 253 GENERAL MOTORS CORP recalls on this site.
Besides 03V115000, GENERAL MOTORS CORP has 20 other recalls on the steering on this site; the one before 03V115000 was 03V052000, reported on February 20, 2003.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- SOME PASSENGER VEHICLES HAVE A CONDITION IN WHICH THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT BOLT MAY BE LOOSE.
- The risk
- AN IMPROPERLY TIGHTENED BOLT COULD LOOSEN, RESULTING IN SEPARATION OF THE UPPER AND LOWER STEERING SHAFTS CAUSING A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. IF THIS HAPPENS WHILE THE VEHICLE IS MOVING, A CRASH COULD RESULT WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSPECT FOR THE PRESENCE OF THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT BOLT AND ENSURE THAT IT IS TIGHTENED TO THE PROPER SPECIFICATION. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN MARCH 20, 2003. 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 CADILLAC AT 1-800-458-8006.
- Notes
- GM RECALL NO. 03017.
Reported March 24, 2003
Vehicles covered by 03V115000 (1)
Cadillac (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 03V115000, 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: March 24, 2003. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted