NHTSA Campaign 04V273000
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NHTSA campaign 04V273000 covers 4 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the steering: linkages. The repair is free.
GENERAL MOTORS CORP filed the report for 04V273000 with NHTSA on June 9, 2004; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 04V273000, NHTSA lists up to 41,928 potentially affected vehicles, built between January 1, 2004 and April 30, 2004.
The 04V273000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 04V273000 were scheduled from August 25, 2004, 77 days after the report.
04V273000 covers 4 models from Cadillac and Chevrolet, model years 2004.
Owners of the model years 04V273000 covers have filed at least 61 complaints naming the steering, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 04V273000 vehicles, the 2004 Chevrolet Corvette has the most (36).
By potentially affected vehicles, 04V273000 ranks 96 of 253 GENERAL MOTORS CORP recalls on this site.
Besides 04V273000, GENERAL MOTORS CORP has 20 other recalls on the steering on this site; the one before 04V273000 was 04V060000, reported on February 9, 2004.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES INVOLVED IN THIS CAMPAIGN, THE LOWER CONTROL ARM BALL STUD NUT/WASHER ASSEMBLIES WITH WASHERS WERE MADE OF THE WRONG MATERIAL. THE WASHERS MAY FRACTURE AND BECOME LOOSE OR FALL AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE, REDUCING CLAMP LOAD. SEPARATION OF THE CONTROL ARM BALL STUD AND STEERING KNUCKLE, DUE TO DISENGAGEMENT OF THE TAPERED ATTACHMENT AND RETAINING NUT, IS POSSIBLE.
- The risk
- IF THE CONTROL ARM SEPARATES FROM THE KNUCKLE, THE AFFECTED CORNER OF THE VEHICLE WILL DROP AND THE CONTROL ARM WOULD BE FORCED DOWNWARD, CONTACTING THE WHEEL. THE AFFECTED WHEEL COULD TILT OUTWARD AND CREATE A DRAGGING ACTION THAT WOULD TEND TO SLOW THE VEHICLE AND CREATE A TENDENCY FOR THE VEHICLE TO TURN IN THE DIRECTION OF THE AFFECTED WHEEL. IN EXTREME SITUATIONS, THE AFFECTED WHEEL ASSEMBLY COULD SEPARATE FROM THE VEHICLE. SEPARATION OF THE WHEEL ASSEMBLY WOULD ALSO SEVER THAT WHEEL;S HYDRAULIC BRAKE HOSE AND RESULT IN DIMINISHED BRAKING PERFORMANCE OF THE VEHICLE, WHICH COULD RESULT IN A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE BALL STUD JOINTS AND MEASURE THE TORQUE OF THE NUT FOR ALL FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARMS IN ALL MODELS AFFECTED AS WELL AS THE REAR LOWER CONTROL ARMS ON THE XLR AND CORVETTE. IF THE TORQUE IS NOT AT SPECIFICATION, THE DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE BALL STUD, THE KNUCKLE, AND THE NUT. IF THE TORQUE IS AT SPECIFICATION, THE DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE NUT/WASHER ASSEMBLY ONLY. THE RECALL WILL BEGIN ON AUGUST 25, 2004. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT CADILLAC AT 1-866-982-2339 OR CHEVROLET AT 1-800-630-2438.
- Notes
- GM RECALL NO. 04043.
Reported June 9, 2004
Vehicles covered by 04V273000 (4)
Chevrolet (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 04V273000, 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 9, 2004. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted