NHTSA Campaign 10V105000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
NHTSA campaign 10V105000 covers 5 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings. The repair is free.
GENERAL MOTORS CORP filed the report for 10V105000 with NHTSA on March 17, 2010; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 10V105000, NHTSA lists up to 139,131 potentially affected vehicles.
Owner notification letters for 10V105000 were scheduled from May 4, 2010, 48 days after the report.
10V105000 covers 1 model from Cadillac, model years 2003–2007.
Owners of the model years 10V105000 covers have filed at least 51 complaints naming the service brakes, hydraulic, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 10V105000 vehicles, the 2007 Cadillac CTS has the most (21).
By potentially affected vehicles, 10V105000 ranks 49 of 253 GENERAL MOTORS CORP recalls on this site.
Besides 10V105000, GENERAL MOTORS CORP has 25 other recalls on the service brakes, hydraulic on this site; the one before 10V105000 was 09V392000, reported on August 31, 2009.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- GENERAL MOTORS HAS NOTIFIED NHTSA OF A DEFECT IN CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2003-2007 CADILLAC CTS VEHICLES CURRENTLY REGISTERED IN OR ORIGINALLY SOLD IN CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, IOWA, MAINE, MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, MICHIGAN, MINNESOTA, MISSOURI, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA, RHODE ISLAND, VERMONT, WASHINGTON D.C., WEST VIRGINIA AND WISCONSIN. SOME OF THESE VEHICLES HAVE A CONDITION IN WHICH THE FRONT BRAKE HOSE FITTING AT THE CALIPER MAY CORRODE DUE TO SNOW OR WATER, CONTAINING ROAD SALT OR OTHER CONTAMINANTS, ENTERING AND BEING RETAINED IN THE ROUTING SLEEVE. IF THE FITTING CORRODES SIGNIFICANTLY, THE BRAKE HOSE-TUBE INTERFACE MAY DEVELOP A LEAK.
- The risk
- THE BRAKE HOSE-TUBE INTERFACE MAY RUPTURE SUDDENLY WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING AND INCREASE VEHICLE STOPPING DISTANCE MAY OCCUR INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS ARE TO REPLACE BOTH FRONT BRAKE HOSE ASSEMBLIES FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING MAY 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CADILLAC AT 1-866-982-2339 OR AT THE OWNER CENTER AT WWW.GMOWNERCENTER.COM.
- Notes
- GM RECALL NO. 09149.
Reported March 17, 2010
Vehicles covered by 10V105000 (5)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 10V105000, 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 17, 2010. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted