NHTSA Campaign 03V151000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
NHTSA campaign 03V151000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings. The repair is free.
GENERAL MOTORS CORP filed the report for 03V151000 with NHTSA on April 23, 2003; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 03V151000, NHTSA lists up to 44,653 potentially affected vehicles, built between July 1, 2002 and September 30, 2002.
The 03V151000 report reached NHTSA 7 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 03V151000 were scheduled from May 29, 2003, 36 days after the report.
03V151000 covers 2 models from Chevrolet and GMC, model years 2003.
By potentially affected vehicles, 03V151000 ranks 90 of 253 GENERAL MOTORS CORP recalls on this site.
Besides 03V151000, GENERAL MOTORS CORP has 25 other recalls on the service brakes, hydraulic on this site; the one before 03V151000 was 00V345000, reported on October 30, 2000.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES WERE BUILT WITH A LEFT-FRONT BRAKE PIPE WITH A CIRCUMFERENTIAL SCORE AT A RANDOM LOCATION ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE PIPE AS THE RESULT OF THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS. IF THE BRAKE PIPE PARTIALLY OR FULLY FRACTURED, BRAKE PEDAL TRAVEL WOULD IMMEDIATELY INCREASE AND FRONT BRAKE PERFORMANCE WOULD BE REDUCED.
- The risk
- IF BRAKING PERFORMANCE IS REDUCED, A CRASH COULD OCCUR.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE LEFT-FRONT BRAKE PIPE. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN ON MAY 29, 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 CHEVROLET AT 1-800-222-1020, GMC AT 1-800-462-8782, OR OLDSMOBILE AT 1-800-442-8006.
- Notes
- GM RECALL NO. 03025.
Reported April 23, 2003
Vehicles covered by 03V151000 (2)
Chevrolet (1)
GMC (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 03V151000, 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 23, 2003. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted