NHTSA Campaign 08V441000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
NHTSA campaign 08V441000 covers 31 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the electrical system. The repair is free.
GENERAL MOTORS CORP filed the report for 08V441000 with NHTSA on August 28, 2008; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 08V441000, NHTSA lists up to 857,735 potentially affected vehicles, built between May 31, 2007 and November 30, 2007.
The 08V441000 report reached NHTSA 9 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 08V441000 were scheduled from September 12, 2008, 15 days after the report.
08V441000 covers 15 models from Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC and Saturn, model years 2006–2008.
Owners of the model years 08V441000 covers have filed at least 1,568 complaints naming the electrical system, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 08V441000 vehicles, the 2008 Saturn Outlook has the most (164).
By potentially affected vehicles, 08V441000 ranks 12 of 253 GENERAL MOTORS CORP recalls on this site.
Besides 08V441000, GENERAL MOTORS CORP has 9 other recalls on the electrical system on this site; the one before 08V441000 was 05V157000, reported on April 20, 2005.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- GM IS RECALLING 857,735 MY 2006-2008 BUICK LUCERNE; CADILLAC DTS; HUMMER H2; MY 2007-2008 CADILLAC ESCALADE, ESCALADE ESV, ESCALADE EXT; CHEVROLET AVALANCHE, SILVERADO, SUBURBAN, TAHOE; GMC ACADIA, SIERRA, YUKON, YUKON XL, SATURN OUTLOOK; AND MY 2008 BUICK ENCLAVE VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A HEATED WIPER WASHER FLUID SYSTEM. A SHORT CIRCUIT ON THE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD FOR THE WASHER FLUID HEATER MAY OVERHEAT THE CONTROL-CIRCUIT GROUND WIRE.
- The risk
- THIS MAY CAUSE OTHER ELECTRICAL FEATURES TO MALFUNCTION, CREATE AN ODOR, OR CAUSE SMOKE INCREASING THE RISK OF A FIRE.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSTALL A WIRE HARNESS WITH AN IN-LINE FUSE FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2008. OWNERS MAY CONTACT BUICK AT 1-866-608-8080; CADILLAC AT 1-800-982-2339 OR HTTP://WWW.CADILLAC.COM; CHEVROLET AT 1-800-630-2438; SATURN AT 1-800-972-8876 OR HTTP://WWW.SATURN.COM, GMC AT 1-866-996-9436; OR HUMMER AT 1-800-732-5493; OR THROUGH THEIR WEBSITE AT <A HREF=HTTP://WWW.GMOWNERCENTER.COM>HTTP://WWW.GMOWNERCENTER.COM</A> .
- Notes
- GM RECALL NO. 08048.
Reported August 28, 2008
Vehicles covered by 08V441000 (31)
Cadillac (9)
Chevrolet (8)
GMC (8)
Saturn (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 08V441000, 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: August 28, 2008. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted