NHTSA Campaign 06V105000
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS
NHTSA campaign 06V105000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the steering: hydraulic power assist: hose, piping, and connections. The repair is free.
GENERAL MOTORS CORP filed the report for 06V105000 with NHTSA on April 5, 2006; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 06V105000, NHTSA lists up to 12,862 potentially affected vehicles, built between December 1, 2005 and February 28, 2006.
The 06V105000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 06V105000 were scheduled from March 29, 2006.
06V105000 covers 2 models from Buick and Cadillac, model years 2006.
Owners of the model years 06V105000 covers have filed at least 76 complaints naming the steering, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 06V105000 vehicles, the 2006 Buick Lucerne has the most (43).
By potentially affected vehicles, 06V105000 ranks 139 of 253 GENERAL MOTORS CORP recalls on this site.
Besides 06V105000, GENERAL MOTORS CORP has 20 other recalls on the steering on this site; the one before 06V105000 was 05V455000, reported on October 5, 2005.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A V8 ENGINE,THE POWER STEERING HOSE CONNECTORS MAY HAVE BEEN INADEQUATELY CRIMPED WHICH COULD RESULT IN A FLUID LEAK.
- The risk
- IF THIS WERE TO OCCUR, POWER STEERING ASSIST MAY BE LOST AND INCREASED STEERING EFFORT WOULD BE REQUIRED AT LOW SPEEDS. ALSO, IF THE POWER STEERING FLUID WERE TO CONTACT HOT ENGINE PARTS, AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE COULD OCCUR.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE POWER STEERING GEAR INLET HOSE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON MARCH 29, 2006. OWNERS MAY CONTACT BUICK AT 1-866-608-8080 OR CADILLAC AT 1-866-982-2339.
- Notes
- GM RECALL NO. 06026.
Reported April 5, 2006
Vehicles covered by 06V105000 (2)
Buick (1)
Cadillac (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 06V105000, 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 5, 2006. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted