NHTSA Campaign 04V123000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES
NHTSA campaign 04V123000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the service brakes, hydraulic: pedals and linkages. The repair is free.
GENERAL MOTORS CORP filed the report for 04V123000 with NHTSA on March 10, 2004; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 04V123000, NHTSA lists up to 2,037 potentially affected vehicles, built between January 1, 2004 and February 29, 2004.
Owner notification letters for 04V123000 were scheduled from March 5, 2004.
04V123000 covers 2 models from Chevrolet and GMC, model years 2004.
Owners of the model years 04V123000 covers have filed at least 1 complaints naming the service brakes, hydraulic, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 04V123000 vehicles, the 2004 Chevrolet Kodiak has the most (1).
By potentially affected vehicles, 04V123000 ranks 187 of 253 GENERAL MOTORS CORP recalls on this site.
Besides 04V123000, GENERAL MOTORS CORP has 25 other recalls on the service brakes, hydraulic on this site; the one before 04V123000 was 04V045000, reported on February 4, 2004.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN TRUCKS, THE SWITCH RETAINER HOLDING THE BRAKE BOOSTER PUSH ROD AND THE BRAKE PEDAL TOGETHER COULD BE MISSING.
- The risk
- THIS COULD CAUSE THE PUSH ROD AND PEDAL TO SEPARATE, RESULTING IN A LOSS OF FOUNDATION BRAKES AND INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND INSTALL A NEW RETAINER IF MISSING. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN MARCH 5, 2004. 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 GMCICT AT 1-800-862-4389.
- Notes
- GM RECALL NO. 04010.
Reported March 10, 2004
Vehicles covered by 04V123000 (2)
Chevrolet (1)
GMC (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 04V123000, 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 10, 2004. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted