NHTSA Campaign 10V643000
SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:SPINDLE
NHTSA campaign 10V643000 covers 3 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the suspension: rear: axle: spindle. The repair is free.
GENERAL MOTORS CORP filed the report for 10V643000 with NHTSA on December 17, 2010; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 10V643000, NHTSA lists up to 1,262 potentially affected vehicles.
Owner notification letters for 10V643000 were scheduled from January 11, 2011, 25 days after the report.
10V643000 covers 3 models from Cadillac, GMC and Chevrolet, model years 2011.
By potentially affected vehicles, 10V643000 ranks 202 of 253 GENERAL MOTORS CORP recalls on this site.
Besides 10V643000, GENERAL MOTORS CORP has 8 other recalls on the suspension on this site; the one before 10V643000 was 06V125000, reported on April 20, 2006.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- GENERAL MOTORS IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2011 CADILLAC ESCALADE EXT, CHEVROLET AVALANCHE, SILVERADO LD AND GMC SIERRA LD VEHICLES. THE REAR AXLE CROSS PINS WERE NOT PROPERLY HEAT TREATED AND COULD FRACTURE AND BECOME DISPLACED WITHIN THE REAR AXLE. SHOULD THE PIN SHIFT OUT OF POSITION, IT COULD CREATE AN INTERFERENCE CONDITION AND CAUSE THE REAR AXLE TO LOCK.
- The risk
- THE DRIVER MAY NOT BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND A CRASH COULD OCCUR WITHOUT WARNING.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSTALL A NEW REAR AXLE CROSS PIN FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON JANUARY 11, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CADILLAC AT 1-866-982-2339, CHEVROLET AT 1-800-630-2438, GMC AT 1-866-996-9463 AND AT THE OWNER CENTER AT WWW.GMOWNERCENTER.COM.
- Notes
- GM SAFETY RECALL NO. 100426.
Reported December 17, 2010
Vehicles covered by 10V643000 (3)
Cadillac (1)
GMC (1)
Chevrolet (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 10V643000, 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: December 17, 2010. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted