NHTSA Campaign 05V161000
PARKING BRAKE
NHTSA campaign 05V161000 covers 12 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the parking brake. The repair is free.
GENERAL MOTORS CORP filed the report for 05V161000 with NHTSA on April 22, 2005; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 05V161000, NHTSA lists up to 90,242 potentially affected vehicles, built between April 1, 2003 and July 31, 2004.
The 05V161000 report reached NHTSA 9 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 05V161000 were scheduled from July 29, 2005, 98 days after the report.
05V161000 covers 2 models from Chevrolet and GMC, model years 2000–2005.
Owners of the model years 05V161000 covers have filed at least 82 complaints naming the parking brake, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 05V161000 vehicles, the 2001 Chevrolet Silverado has the most (51).
By potentially affected vehicles, 05V161000 ranks 65 of 253 GENERAL MOTORS CORP recalls on this site.
Besides 05V161000, GENERAL MOTORS CORP has 4 other recalls on the parking brake on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN PICKUP TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS AND BUILT WITH EITHER PBR PARKING BRAKE SYSTEMS OR TRW PARKING BRAKE SYSTEMS, THE PARKING BRAKE FRICTION LININGS MAY WEAR TO AN EXTENT WHERE THE PARKING BRAKE CAN BECOME INEFFECTIVE IN IMMOBILIZING A PARKED VEHICLE.
- The risk
- IF THE PARKING BRAKE DOES NOT HOLD, UNINTENDED VEHICLE MOVEMENT COULD OCCUR, WHICH COULD RESULT IN A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSTALL A LOW-FORCE SPRING CLIP RETAINER FOR VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A PBR PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM. ON VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE TRW PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM, DEALERS WILL INSTALL A REDESIGNED PARKING BRAKE CABLE ASSEMBLY. THE RECALL BEGAN ON JULY 29, 2005. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CHEVROLET AT 1-800-630-2438 OR GMC AT 1-866-996-9463.
- Notes
- GM RECALL NO. 05042.
Reported April 22, 2005
Vehicles covered by 05V161000 (12)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 05V161000, 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 22, 2005. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted