NHTSA Campaign 05V098000
EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL
NHTSA campaign 05V098000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the equipment: other: owners/service/other manual. The repair is free.
GENERAL MOTORS CORP filed the report for 05V098000 with NHTSA on March 14, 2005; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 05V098000, NHTSA lists up to 35,777 potentially affected vehicles, built between May 1, 2004 and January 31, 2005.
The 05V098000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 05V098000 were scheduled from March 20, 2005, 6 days after the report.
05V098000 covers 1 model from Pontiac, model years 2005.
By potentially affected vehicles, 05V098000 ranks 102 of 253 GENERAL MOTORS CORP recalls on this site.
Besides 05V098000, GENERAL MOTORS CORP has 13 other recalls on the equipment on this site; the one before 05V098000 was 04V177000, reported on April 8, 2004.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES FAIL TO CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 225, 'CHILD RESTRAINT ANCHORAGE SYSTEMS.' THE CHILD RESTRAINT LOWER ANCHORS IN THE CENTER REAR SEATING POSITION ARE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 90MM BEHIND THE CORRESPONDING Z-POINT OF THE CHILD RESTRAINT FIXTURE (CRF). THE OWNER'S MANUAL STATES THAT ANCHORS ARE AT THE OUTBOARD SEATING POSITIONS ONLY.
- The risk
- WITHOUT ADDITIONAL AND CORRECTED OWNER'S MANUAL INFORMATION, AN OWNER MAY ENCOUNTER DIFFICULTY IN INSTALLING CHILD RESTRAINTS WITH RIGID ATTACHMENTS IN THE CENTER POSITION.
- The fix
- OWNERS WILL BE MAILED AN OWNER'S MANUAL SUPPLEMENT. THE RECALL IBEGAN ON MARCH 20, 2005. OWNERS MAY CONTACT PONTIAC AT 1-800-620-7668.
- Notes
- GM RECALL NO. 05005.
Reported March 14, 2005
Vehicles covered by 05V098000 (1)
Pontiac (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 05V098000, 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 14, 2005. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted