NHTSA Campaign 07V589000
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT:SEAL
NHTSA campaign 07V589000 covers 12 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the power train: axle assembly: axle shaft: seal. The repair is free.
GENERAL MOTORS CORP filed the report for 07V589000 with NHTSA on December 20, 2007; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 07V589000, NHTSA lists up to 275,936 potentially affected vehicles, built between March 1, 2005 and August 30, 2006.
The 07V589000 report reached NHTSA 16 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 07V589000 were scheduled from February 8, 2008, 50 days after the report.
07V589000 covers 5 models from Cadillac, Pontiac and Saturn, model years 2005–2007.
Owners of the model years 07V589000 covers have filed at least 285 complaints naming the power train, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 07V589000 vehicles, the 2005 Cadillac CTS has the most (82).
By potentially affected vehicles, 07V589000 ranks 32 of 253 GENERAL MOTORS CORP recalls on this site.
Besides 07V589000, GENERAL MOTORS CORP has 15 other recalls on the power train on this site; the one before 07V589000 was 07V154000, reported on April 10, 2007.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES, THE REAR AXLE PINION SEAL DOES NOT MEET ALL OF THE SPECIFICATIONS AND MAY EXPERIENCE A FLUID LEAK.
- The risk
- A REAR DIFFERENTIAL FAILURE MAY CAUSE LOSS OF MOTIVE POWER AND POSSIBLY LOSS OF CONTROL INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE PINION SEAL FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON FEBRUARY 1, 2008. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CADILLAC AT 1-800-458-8006 OR HTTP://WWW.CADILLAC.COM; PONTIAC AT 1-800-620-7668 OR HTTP://WWW.PONTIAC.COM; AND SATURN AT 1-800-972-8876 OR HTTP://WWW.SATURN.COM.
- Notes
- GM RECALL NO. 07204.
Reported December 20, 2007
Vehicles covered by 07V589000 (12)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 07V589000, 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: December 20, 2007. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted