NHTSA Campaign 05V157000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
NHTSA campaign 05V157000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the electrical system: ignition. The repair is free.
GENERAL MOTORS CORP filed the report for 05V157000 with NHTSA on April 20, 2005; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 05V157000, NHTSA lists up to 34,186 potentially affected vehicles, built between October 1, 2003 and March 31, 2004.
The 05V157000 report reached NHTSA 13 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 05V157000 were scheduled from May 4, 2005, 14 days after the report.
05V157000 covers 2 models from Buick and Pontiac, model years 2004.
Owners of the model years 05V157000 covers have filed at least 91 complaints naming the electrical system, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 05V157000 vehicles, the 2004 Buick Rendezvous has the most (76).
By potentially affected vehicles, 05V157000 ranks 107 of 253 GENERAL MOTORS CORP recalls on this site.
Besides 05V157000, GENERAL MOTORS CORP has 9 other recalls on the electrical system on this site; the one before 05V157000 was 04V036000, reported on January 27, 2004.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, CONTAMINATION ON IGNITION RELAY CONTACTS CAN CAUSE HIGH RESISTANCE. THIS CAN AFFECT SIGNALS TO THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE AND, COULD CAUSE INTERMITTENT VEHICLE STALLS AT ANY TIME.
- The risk
- THE VEHICLE CANNOT BE RESTARTED IMMEDIATELY. IF THIS WERE TO OCCUR, IT COULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE IGNITION RELAY FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON MAY 4, 2005. OWNERS MAY CONTACT PONTIAC AT 1-800-620-7668 AND BUICK AT 1-866-608-8080.
- Notes
- GM RECALL NO. 05014.
Reported April 20, 2005
Vehicles covered by 05V157000 (2)
Buick (1)
Pontiac (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 05V157000, 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: April 20, 2005. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted