NHTSA Campaign 10V073000
STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
NHTSA campaign 10V073000 covers 10 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the steering: electric power assist system. The repair is free.
GENERAL MOTORS CORP filed the report for 10V073000 with NHTSA on March 3, 2010; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 10V073000, NHTSA lists up to 1,050,889 potentially affected vehicles.
Owner notification letters for 10V073000 were scheduled from March 29, 2010, 26 days after the report.
10V073000 covers 2 models from Chevrolet and Pontiac, model years 2005–2010.
Owners of the model years 10V073000 covers have filed at least 3,981 complaints naming the steering, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 10V073000 vehicles, the 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt has the most (1,299).
By potentially affected vehicles, 10V073000 ranks 9 of 253 GENERAL MOTORS CORP recalls on this site.
Besides 10V073000, GENERAL MOTORS CORP has 20 other recalls on the steering on this site; the one before 10V073000 was 08V616000, reported on November 24, 2008.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- GENERAL MOTORS IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2005-2010 CHEVROLET COBALT AND MODEL YEAR 2007-2010 PONTIAC G5 VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH ELECTRIC POWER STEERING. THE DRIVER MAY EXPERIENCE A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING ASSIST THAT COULD OCCUR AT ANY TIME WHILE DRIVING.
- The risk
- IF POWER STEERING ASSIST IS LOST, IT WOULD REQUIRE GREATER DRIVER EFFORT AT LOW VEHICLE SPEEDS, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING MOTOR FREE OF CHARGE. OWNERS ARE BEING NOTIFIED ON A ROLLING BASIS BETWEEN MARCH 29 THROUGH NOVEMBER 2010. A COPY OF THE MAILING SCHEDULE IS LOCATED IN THE RECALL FILE. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CHEVROLET AT 1-800-630-2438 AND PONTIAC AT 1-800-620-7668 OR AT THE OWNER CENTER AT WWW.GMOWNERCENTER.COM.
- Notes
- GM'S RECALL NO. N100023.
Reported March 3, 2010
Vehicles covered by 10V073000 (10)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 10V073000, 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: March 3, 2010. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted