NHTSA Campaign 12V459000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
NHTSA campaign 12V459000 covers 9 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump. The repair is free.
General Motors LLC filed the report for 12V459000 with NHTSA on September 19, 2012; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 12V459000, NHTSA lists up to 49,768 potentially affected vehicles.
Owner notification letters for 12V459000 were scheduled from January 1, 2013, 104 days after the report.
12V459000 covers 5 models from Chevrolet, Pontiac and Saturn, model years 2007–2009.
Owners of the model years 12V459000 covers have filed at least 458 complaints naming the fuel system, gasoline, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 12V459000 vehicles, the 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt has the most (150).
By potentially affected vehicles, 12V459000 ranks 82 of 243 General Motors LLC recalls on this site.
Besides 12V459000, General Motors LLC has 10 other recalls on the fuel system, gasoline on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- General Motors (GM) is recalling certain model year 2007 Chevrolet Equinox and Pontiac Torrent vehicles originally sold or currently registered in Arizona, California, Nevada, and Texas; model year 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt, Pontiac G5, and Saturn ION vehicles originally sold, or currently registered in, Arizona, California, Florida, Nevada, or Texas; model year 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt and Pontiac G5 vehicles originally sold, or currently registered in, Arizona; and model year 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt and Pontiac G5 vehicles originally sold, or currently registered in, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Nevada, Oklahoma, or Texas. Some of these vehicles have a condition in which the plastic supply or return port on the fuel pump module may crack, which could cause a fuel leak.
- The risk
- Fuel leakage in the presence of an ignition source may result in a fire.
- The fix
- GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the fuel pump module, free of charge. Notification to owners began on on November 21, 2012. Owners were instructed to not bring their vehicles in for repair until January 2013. Owners may contact General Motors at 1-800-521-7300.
- Notes
- GM's campaign number is 12190. This recall is an expansion of recall 09V-419.
Reported September 19, 2012
Vehicles covered by 12V459000 (9)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 12V459000, 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 19, 2012. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted