NHTSA Campaign 04V299000
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
NHTSA campaign 04V299000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the structure: frame and members. The repair is free.
GENERAL MOTORS CORP filed the report for 04V299000 with NHTSA on June 23, 2004; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 04V299000, NHTSA lists up to 281 potentially affected vehicles, built between May 1, 2004 and May 31, 2004.
The 04V299000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 04V299000 were scheduled from August 16, 2004, 54 days after the report.
04V299000 covers 1 model from Pontiac, model years 2004.
Owners of the model years 04V299000 covers have filed at least 33 complaints naming the structure, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 04V299000 ranks 226 of 253 GENERAL MOTORS CORP recalls on this site.
Besides 04V299000, GENERAL MOTORS CORP has 17 other recalls on the structure on this site; the one before 04V299000 was 04V129000, reported on March 17, 2004.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES HAVE A CONDITION WHERE THE FRONT FRAME REAR BODY MOUNT BRACKET MAY FRACTURE.
- The risk
- IF IGNORED, THE BRACKET WOULD FRACTURE AND DEGRADE TO THE POINT WHERE THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT COULD SEPARATE, RESULTING IN LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL AND A CRASH COULD OCCUR.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE FRONT FRAME ASSEMBLY AND REPLACE IT IF NECESSARY. THE RECALL BEGAN ON AUGUST 16, 2004. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT PONTIAC AT 1-800-620-7668.
- Notes
- GM RECALL NO. 04056.
Reported June 23, 2004
Vehicles covered by 04V299000 (1)
Pontiac (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 04V299000, 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