NHTSA Campaign 03V231000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
NHTSA campaign 03V231000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the electrical system: ignition: module. The repair is free.
GENERAL MOTORS CORP filed the report for 03V231000 with NHTSA on June 23, 2003; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 03V231000, NHTSA lists up to 239,993 potentially affected vehicles, built between June 18, 2001 and July 17, 2002.
The 03V231000 report reached NHTSA 11 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 03V231000 were scheduled from July 1, 2003, 8 days after the report.
03V231000 covers 1 model from Saturn, model years 2000.
Owners of the model years 03V231000 covers have filed at least 63 complaints naming the electrical system, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 03V231000 ranks 38 of 253 GENERAL MOTORS CORP recalls on this site.
Besides 03V231000, GENERAL MOTORS CORP has 9 other recalls on the electrical system on this site; the one before 03V231000 was 03V096000, reported on March 19, 2003.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 2.2L L4 (L61) ENGINES, A FAILURE OF THE IGNITION CONTROL MODULE MAY CAUSE DETERIORATION IN IDLE QUALITY, REDUCTION IN OVERALL ENGINE POWER, AND THE VEHICLE MAY BE HARD TO START. CONTINUED OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE AFTER SUCH AN IGNITION MODULE FAILURE WILL RESULT IN THE "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT FLASHING, AND MAY LEAD TO SECONDARY FAILURES OF THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER, OXYGEN SENSOR, AND EXHAUST RESONATOR.
- The risk
- FAILURE OF THE RESONATOR WILL CAUSE INCREASED EXHAUST NOISE. PROLONGED OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE FOLLOWING A RESONATOR FAILURE MAY LEAD TO A FIRE.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL (1) REPLACE THE IGNITION CONTROL MODULE, (2) REPLACE THE IGNITION CONTROL MODULE AND SPARK PLUGS, OR (3) REPLACE THE IGNITION CONTROL MODULE, SPARK PLUGS, AND UPDATE THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE CALIBRATION. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN ON AUGUST 4, 2003. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT SATURN AT 1-800-553-6000, PROMPT 3.
- Notes
- GM RECALL NO. 03033/SATURN RECALL NO. 03-C-06.
Reported June 23, 2003
Vehicles covered by 03V231000 (1)
Saturn (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 03V231000, 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: June 23, 2003. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted