NHTSA Campaign 10V450000
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:POWER STEERING FLUID
NHTSA campaign 10V450000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the steering: hydraulic power assist: power steering fluid. The repair is free.
GENERAL MOTORS CORP filed the report for 10V450000 with NHTSA on September 30, 2010; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 10V450000, NHTSA lists up to 3,459 potentially affected vehicles, built between December 4, 2009 and December 23, 2009.
The 10V450000 report reached NHTSA 9 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 10V450000 were scheduled from November 12, 2010, 43 days after the report.
10V450000 covers 1 model from Cadillac, model years 2010.
By potentially affected vehicles, 10V450000 ranks 176 of 253 GENERAL MOTORS CORP recalls on this site.
Besides 10V450000, GENERAL MOTORS CORP has 20 other recalls on the steering on this site; the one before 10V450000 was 10V172000, reported on April 26, 2010.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- GENERAL MOTORS IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2010 CADILLAC SRX VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 2.8L GAS ENGINES (LAU) OR 3.0L GAS ENGINES (LF1). SOME OF THESE VEHICLES HAVE A CONDITION IN WHICH PROCESSING OF THE CRIMP DURING MANUFACTURE OF THE POWER STEERING PRESSURE LINE MAY HAVE DAMAGED THE LINE. IF THE LINE WAS DAMAGED, A POWER STEERING FLUID LEAK MAY DEVELOP. IF THERE IS A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF FLUID LOSS, THE DRIVER WILL HEAR NOISE FROM THE POWER STEERING PUMP AND INCREASED EFFORT MAY BE REQUIRED FOR STEERING.
- The risk
- IF POWER STEERING FLUID SPRAYS ONTO HOT ENGINE PARTS, AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE COULD OCCUR.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND IF NECESSARY REPLACE THE POWER STEERING LINE FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON NOVEMBER 12, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CADILLAC AT 1-866-982-2339.
Reported September 30, 2010
Vehicles covered by 10V450000 (1)
Cadillac (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 10V450000, 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: September 30, 2010. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted