NHTSA Campaign 10V387000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
NHTSA campaign 10V387000 covers 4 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the engine and engine cooling. The repair is free.
GENERAL MOTORS CORP filed the report for 10V387000 with NHTSA on August 26, 2010; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 10V387000, NHTSA lists up to 161,754 potentially affected vehicles, built between April 26, 2004 and January 2, 2008.
The 10V387000 report reached NHTSA 3 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 10V387000 were scheduled from February 8, 2011, 166 days after the report.
10V387000 covers 1 model from Pontiac, model years 2005–2008.
Owners of the model years 10V387000 covers have filed at least 75 complaints naming the engine and engine cooling, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 10V387000 vehicles, the 2005 Pontiac Vibe has the most (33).
By potentially affected vehicles, 10V387000 ranks 47 of 253 GENERAL MOTORS CORP recalls on this site.
Besides 10V387000, GENERAL MOTORS CORP has 7 other recalls on the engine and engine cooling on this site; the one before 10V387000 was 10V223000, reported on May 25, 2010.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- GM IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2005-2008 PONTIAC VIBE VEHICLES. THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE (ECM) FOR THE SUBJECT MODELS EQUIPPED WITH THE 1ZZ-FE (LV6) ENGINE AND TWO-WHEEL DRIVE MAY HAVE BEEN IMPROPERLY MANUFACTURED. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT A CRACK MAY DEVELOP AT CERTAIN SOLDER POINTS OR ON VARISTORS ON THE CIRCUIT BOARD.
- The risk
- THERE ARE A VARIETY OF WARNINGS AND CONSEQUENCES ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEFECT. THE ENGINE WARNING LAMP COULD BE ILLUMINATED, HARSH SHIFTING COULD RESULT, THE ENGINE MAY NOT START, OR THE ENGINE COULD SHUT OFF WHILE THE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN. AN ENGINE SHUTOFF WHILE THE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN INCREASES THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE PRODUCTION NUMBER OF THE ECM AND REPLACE THE ECM IF NECESSARY. THIS SERVICE WILL BE PERFORMED FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON FEBRUARY 8, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT GM AT 1-800-620-7668.
- Notes
- GM'S SAFETY RECALL NO. IS 10282.
Reported August 26, 2010
Vehicles covered by 10V387000 (4)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 10V387000, 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 26, 2010. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted