NHTSA Campaign 17V061000
AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION
NHTSA campaign 17V061000 covers 7 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the air bags: sensor: occupant classification. The repair is free.
General Motors LLC filed the report for 17V061000 with NHTSA on January 26, 2017; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 17V061000, NHTSA lists up to 91,007 potentially affected vehicles, built between March 16, 2005 and May 28, 2009.
The 17V061000 report reached NHTSA 8 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 17V061000 were scheduled from February 26, 2018, 396 days after the report.
17V061000 covers 2 models from Pontiac and Saturn, model years 2006–2009.
Owners of the model years 17V061000 covers have filed at least 901 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 17V061000 vehicles, the 2007 Saturn Sky has the most (234).
By potentially affected vehicles, 17V061000 ranks 61 of 243 General Motors LLC recalls on this site.
Besides 17V061000, General Motors LLC has 42 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 17V061000 was 16V870000, reported on December 2, 2016.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2006-2010 Pontiac Solstice and 2007-2010 Saturn Sky vehicles. The Passenger Air Bag Suppression System (PPS) sensor may become bent or damaged within the front passenger seat, possibly disabling the front passenger air bag.
- The risk
- In the event of a crash, if the front passenger air bag does not deploy as intended, the front passenger has an increased risk of injury.
- The fix
- The remedy for this recall is still under development. A permanent remedy is currently under development. The recall began February 26, 2018. Owners may contact Pontiac customer service at 1-800-762-2737 or Saturn customer service at 1-800-553-6000. GM's number for this recall is 17036.
Reported January 26, 2017
Vehicles covered by 17V061000 (7)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 17V061000, 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: January 26, 2017. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted