NHTSA Campaign 10V172000
STEERING:COLUMN
NHTSA campaign 10V172000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the steering: column. The repair is free.
GENERAL MOTORS CORP filed the report for 10V172000 with NHTSA on April 26, 2010; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 10V172000, NHTSA lists up to 40,028 potentially affected vehicles, built between March 1, 2004 and January 31, 2006.
The 10V172000 report reached NHTSA 4 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 10V172000 were scheduled from April 30, 2010, 4 days after the report.
10V172000 covers 1 model from Chevrolet, model years 2005–2006.
Owners of the model years 10V172000 covers have filed at least 120 complaints naming the steering, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 10V172000 vehicles, the 2005 Chevrolet Corvette has the most (76).
By potentially affected vehicles, 10V172000 ranks 98 of 253 GENERAL MOTORS CORP recalls on this site.
Besides 10V172000, GENERAL MOTORS CORP has 20 other recalls on the steering on this site; the one before 10V172000 was 10V073000, reported on March 3, 2010.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- GM IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2005 AND 2006 CHEVROLET CORVETTE PASSENGER CARS MANUFACTURED BETWEEN MARCH 2004 AND JANUARY 2006 EQUIPPED WITH A TILT AND TELESCOPING STEERING COLUMN (RPO N37). IN RARE CASES, REPEATED MOVEMENT OF THE STEERING COLUMN MAY CAUSE A SIGNAL INTERRUPTION WITHIN THE COLUMN. IF THIS OCCURS, THE MESSAGE, "SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING SYSTEM" WILL APPEAR IN THE DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER, AND ONE OR MORE OF THE BRAKES MAY APPLY, POSSIBLY CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO PULL TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT.
- The risk
- IF THE DRIVER DOES NOT RESPOND TO THE CHANGE IN VEHICLE MOVEMENT, A CRASH COULD OCCUR.
- The fix
- GM WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND DEALERS WILL REPAIR THE VEHICLES FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON APRIL 30, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CHEVROLET AT 1-800-630-2438 AND GMC AT 1-866-996-9463 OR AT THE OWNER CENTER AT WWW.GMOWNERCENTER.COM.
- Notes
- GM'S RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER IS N100118.
Reported April 26, 2010
Vehicles covered by 10V172000 (2)
Chevrolet (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 10V172000, 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 26, 2010. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted