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NHTSA Campaign 04V004000

VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS

NHTSA campaign 04V004000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the visibility: power window devices and controls. The repair is free.

GENERAL MOTORS CORP filed the report for 04V004000 with NHTSA on January 5, 2004; the manufacturer initiated the recall.

For 04V004000, NHTSA lists up to 79,204 potentially affected vehicles, built between June 1, 2002 and September 30, 2003.

The 04V004000 report reached NHTSA 3 months after the last affected vehicle was built.

Owner notification letters for 04V004000 were scheduled from December 30, 2003.

04V004000 covers 1 model from Saturn, model years 2003–2004.

By potentially affected vehicles, 04V004000 ranks 69 of 253 GENERAL MOTORS CORP recalls on this site.

Besides 04V004000, GENERAL MOTORS CORP has 9 other recalls on the visibility on this site; the one before 04V004000 was 03V018000, reported on January 23, 2003.

What this recall covers

The defect
CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES FAIL TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 118, "POWER-OPERATED WINDOW, PARTITION, AND ROOF PANEL SYSTEMS." THE POWER WINDOWS AND/OR SUNROOF MAY BE OPERABLE AFTER THE IGNITION HAS BEEN TURNED TO THE "OFF" POSITION AND THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR IS OPENED.
The risk
IF UNSUPERVISED CHILDREN ARE LEFT UNATTENDED IN THE VEHICLE AND OPERATE THE POWER WINDOWS OR SUNROOF, THERE IS AN INCREASED RISK OF INJURY TO THE CHILD.
The fix
DEALERS WILL UPGRADE THE BODY CONTROL MODULE (BCM) CALIBRATION. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN ON DECEMBER 30, 2003. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT SATURN AT 1-800-972-8876.
Notes
GM RECALL NO. 03069.

Reported January 5, 2004

Vehicles covered by 04V004000 (2)

Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 04V004000, 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: January 5, 2004. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted