NHTSA Campaign 99V231000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
NHTSA campaign 99V231000 covers 3 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components. The repair is free.
GENERAL MOTORS CORP filed the report for 99V231000 with NHTSA on August 24, 1999; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 99V231000, NHTSA lists up to 5,373 potentially affected vehicles, built between June 1, 1999 and August 2, 1999.
The 99V231000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 99V231000 were scheduled from August 24, 1999, 0 days after the report.
99V231000 covers 3 models from Saturn, model years 2000.
Owners of the model years 99V231000 covers have filed at least 14 complaints naming the service brakes, hydraulic, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 99V231000 vehicles, the 2000 Saturn SL has the most (13).
By potentially affected vehicles, 99V231000 ranks 167 of 253 GENERAL MOTORS CORP recalls on this site.
Besides 99V231000, GENERAL MOTORS CORP has 25 other recalls on the service brakes, hydraulic on this site; the one before 99V231000 was 99V220000, reported on August 11, 1999.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. THESE VEHICLES DO NOT COMPLY WITH REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS NO. 135, "PASSENGER CAR BRAKE SYSTEMS." THESE VEHICLES WERE PRODUCED WITH BRAKE PIPE ATTACHMENT NUTS THAT MAY NOT BE TIGHTENED TO SPECIFICATIONS.
- The risk
- IF THE BRAKE PIPE NUTS ARE NOT PROPERLY TIGHTENED, BRAKE FLUID LEAKAGE COULD OCCUR, INCREASING THE BRAKE'S STOPPING DISTANCE.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE BRAKE PIPE NUTS FOR LEAKAGE, VERIFY THEY ARE TIGHTENED TO SPECIFICATIONS, AND REPLACE THE BRAKE PIPES IF NEEDED.
- Notes
- OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN AUGUST 24, 1999. OWNERS WHO TAKE THEIR VEHICLES TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON AN AGREED UPON SERVICE DATE AND DO NOT RECEIVE THE FREE REMEDY WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME SHOULD CONTACT SATURN AT 1-800-553-6000, PROMPT 3.
Reported August 24, 1999
Vehicles covered by 99V231000 (3)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 99V231000, 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: August 24, 1999. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted