NHTSA Campaign 10V553000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES
NHTSA campaign 10V553000 covers 4 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the electrical system: 12v/24v/48v battery: cables. The repair is free.
GENERAL MOTORS CORP filed the report for 10V553000 with NHTSA on November 5, 2010; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 10V553000, NHTSA lists up to 13,780 potentially affected vehicles, built between February 16, 2010 and June 8, 2010.
The 10V553000 report reached NHTSA 5 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 10V553000 were scheduled from November 19, 2010, 14 days after the report.
10V553000 covers 2 models from Buick and Cadillac, model years 2010–2011.
Owners of the model years 10V553000 covers have filed at least 58 complaints naming the electrical system, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 10V553000 vehicles, the 2011 Buick Lucerne has the most (23).
By potentially affected vehicles, 10V553000 ranks 137 of 253 GENERAL MOTORS CORP recalls on this site.
Besides 10V553000, GENERAL MOTORS CORP has 9 other recalls on the electrical system on this site; the one before 10V553000 was 10V240000, reported on June 4, 2010.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- GENERAL MOTORS IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2010-2011 DTS AND BUICK LUCERNE VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH V8 ENGINES. THE STARTER OR ALTERNATOR CABLE IS IN CONTACT WITH THE POWER STEERING RETURN LINE. IF EITHER THE STARTER OR ALTERNATOR CABLE IS CONTACTING THE POWER STEERING RETURN LINE, THE CABLE COULD WEAR THROUGH THE LINE, CAUSING A POWER STEERING FLUID LEAK.
- The risk
- A POWER STEERING LEAK COULD RESULT IN A LOSS OF POWER STEERING, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH, AND/OR THE LEAK ONTO HOT ENGINE PARTS COULD CAUSE AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL SECURE AND IF NECESSARY REROUTE THE LINES TO PREVENT CONTACT. THIS SERVICE WILL BE PERFORMED FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON NOVEMBER 19, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CADILLAC AT 1-866-982-2339, BUICK AT 1-866-608-8080 AND AT THE OWNER CENTER AT WWW.GMOWNERCENTER.COM.
- Notes
- GM SAFETY RECALL NO. 10351.
Reported November 5, 2010
Vehicles covered by 10V553000 (4)
Buick (2)
Cadillac (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 10V553000, 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: November 5, 2010. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted