| NHTSA Record Id: 11380 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: BUICK |
| Recalled Component Id: 000009280000202908000000084 |
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| Model Name: REGAL |
Model Year: 1999 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 99V170000 |
Mfr Campaign Number: 99033 |
| Component Name: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Mar, 01 1998 |
End date of Manufacturing: Apr, 20 1999 |
| Report For : V |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 168559 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Aug, 25 1999 |
Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : General Motors, LLC |
Report Received Date: Jul, 09 1999 |
| Record Creation date : Jul, 13 1999 |
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| Defect Summary : Some of these vehicles with the key in the "on" position, exhibit a condition in which the antilock brake system (abs) motor shorts to its case and grounds through a flexible brake fluid pipe. |
Consequence Summary: This short can cause extreme heating of the flexible brake pipe where it can melt a nearby flexible plastic fuel hose, which could result in an underhood fire. |
| Corrective Summary : Dealers will install a ground cable from the electronic brake control module (ebcm) to the engine compartment body rail. |
Recall Notes: Owner notification began august 25, 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 buick at 1-800-521-7300. also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236). |
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