NHTSA Campaign 04V287000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
NHTSA campaign 04V287000 covers 3 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the service brakes, hydraulic. The repair is free.
GENERAL MOTORS CORP filed the report for 04V287000 with NHTSA on June 23, 2004; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 04V287000, NHTSA lists up to 47,991 potentially affected vehicles, built between March 1, 2004 and April 30, 2004.
The 04V287000 report reached NHTSA 2 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 04V287000 were scheduled from June 28, 2004, 5 days after the report.
04V287000 covers 3 models from Chevrolet and Pontiac, model years 2004.
Owners of the model years 04V287000 covers have filed at least 59 complaints naming the service brakes, hydraulic, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 04V287000 vehicles, the 2004 Chevrolet Impala has the most (51).
By potentially affected vehicles, 04V287000 ranks 87 of 253 GENERAL MOTORS CORP recalls on this site.
Besides 04V287000, GENERAL MOTORS CORP has 25 other recalls on the service brakes, hydraulic on this site; the one before 04V287000 was 04V190000, reported on April 19, 2004.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES WERE PRODUCED WITH LOWER THAN SPECIFIED TORQUE ON BOTH FRONT BRAKE CALIPER TO STEERING KNUCKLE ATTACHMENT BOLTS. WITH IMPROPER TORQUE, THE CLAMP LOAD AT THE JOINT MAY NOT BE ADEQUATE TO PREVENT MOVEMENT BETWEEN THE CALIPER BRACKET AND KNUCKLE.
- The risk
- DEPENDING ON WHETHER ONE OR BOTH BOLTS BACKS OUT OR FRACTURES, THE RESULT CAN BE LOCKING OF THE AFFECTED WHEEL DURING BRAKING AND AN ABRUPT STEERING INPUT IN THE DIRECTION OF THE LOCKED WHEEL, REDUCED BRAKING AND NOISE FROM THE AFFECTED WHEEL, OR SEVERING OF A BRAKE HOSE, INCREASED BRAKE PEDAL TRAVEL, AND REDUCED STEERING CONTROL. REDUCED BRAKING OR STEERING CONTROL COULD CAUSE A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS ARE TO TIGHTEN BOTH BOLTS TO THE SPECIFIED TORQUE. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN ON JUNE 28, 2004. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT CHEVROLET 1-800-630-2438 OR PONTIAC 1-800-620-7668.
- Notes
- RECALL NO. 04049.
Reported June 23, 2004
Vehicles covered by 04V287000 (3)
Chevrolet (2)
Pontiac (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 04V287000, 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, 2004. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted