NHTSA Campaign 11V599000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
NHTSA campaign 11V599000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: disc: pads. The repair is free.
GENERAL MOTORS LLC filed the report for 11V599000 with NHTSA on December 28, 2011; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 11V599000, NHTSA lists up to 4,296 potentially affected vehicles, built between June 2, 2011 and November 21, 2011.
The 11V599000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 11V599000 were scheduled from January 23, 2012, 26 days after the report.
11V599000 covers 1 model from Chevrolet, model years 2012.
By potentially affected vehicles, 11V599000 ranks 19 of 24 GENERAL MOTORS LLC recalls on this site.
Besides 11V599000, GENERAL MOTORS LLC has 1 other recall on the service brakes, hydraulic on this site; the one before 11V599000 was 11V536000, reported on November 2, 2011.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- GENERAL MOTORS (GM) IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2012 CHEVROLET SONIC VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM JUNE 2, 2011, THROUGH NOVEMBER 21, 2011. ON SOME OF THESE VEHICLES, THE FRONT BRAKE INNER OR OUTER PAD MAY BE MISSING.
- The risk
- A MISSING PAD COULD RESULT IN REDUCED BRAKE SYSTEM PERFORMANCE, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- The fix
- GM WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE FRONT BRAKES FOR A MISSING INNER OR OUTER PAD. IF A BRAKE PAD IS MISSING, DEALERS WILL INSTALL NEW INNER AND OUTER PADS, A NEW BRAKE CALIPER, AND A NEW ROTOR. THIS SERVICE WILL BE PERFORMED FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ON OR BEFORE JANUARY 14, 2012
- Notes
- GMS SAFETY RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER IS 11354.
Reported December 28, 2011
Vehicles covered by 11V599000 (1)
Chevrolet (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 11V599000, 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 28, 2011. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted