NHTSA Campaign 04V289000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
NHTSA campaign 04V289000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the engine and engine cooling. The repair is free.
GENERAL MOTORS CORP filed the report for 04V289000 with NHTSA on June 23, 2004; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 04V289000, NHTSA lists up to 29,951 potentially affected vehicles, built between October 1, 2000 and October 31, 2001.
The 04V289000 report reached NHTSA 3 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 04V289000 were scheduled from August 19, 2004, 57 days after the report.
04V289000 covers 1 model from GMC, model years 2002.
Owners of the model years 04V289000 covers have filed at least 88 complaints naming the engine and engine cooling, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 04V289000 ranks 115 of 253 GENERAL MOTORS CORP recalls on this site.
Besides 04V289000, GENERAL MOTORS CORP has 7 other recalls on the engine and engine cooling on this site; the one before 04V289000 was 02V287000, reported on November 4, 2002.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- SOME SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH AN ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED AIR SUSPENSION (ECAS) HAVE A CONDITION IN WHICH THE ECAS MAY PRODUCE A BRIEF ELECTRICAL SPIKE WHILE THE VEHICLE IS OPERATING. THIS ELECTRICAL SPIKE CAN DISRUPT THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM) CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL.
- The risk
- IF THE SPIKE DAMAGES THE PCM, THE VEHICLE MAY NOT RESTART. IF THIS HAPPENS WHILE THE VEHICLE IS MOVING, A CRASH COULD OCCUR WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSTALL A WIRING HARNESS. THE RECALL WILL BEGIN ON AUGUST 19, 2004. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT OLDSMOBILE AT 1-800-630-6537 OR GMC AT 1-866-996-9463.
- Notes
- GM RECALL NO. 04048.
Reported June 23, 2004
Vehicles covered by 04V289000 (1)
GMC (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 04V289000, 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