| NHTSA Record Id: 4383 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: CHEVROLET |
| Recalled Component Id: 000013207000202834000000153 |
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| Model Name: IMPALA |
Model Year: 2001 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 01V136000 |
Mfr Campaign Number: 01035 |
| Component Name: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Jan, 01 1999 |
End date of Manufacturing: Mar, 31 2001 |
| Report For : V |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 126745 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Jun, 29 2001 |
Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : General Motors, LLC |
Report Received Date: Apr, 24 2001 |
| Record Creation date : Apr, 26 2001 |
Federal Motar Safety Number: 301 |
| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: passenger vehicles equipped with a 3.4l engine and non-antilock braking system (abs). these vehicles fail to comply with requirements of fmvss no. 301, "fuel system integrity." a fuel return line can become severed in a frontal collision, resulting in fuel spillage. |
Consequence Summary: If an ignition source was present, a fire could occur. |
| Corrective Summary : Dealers will install a brake master cylinder bracket that will maintain positioning of the fuel line in a frontal crash. owner notification began june 29, 2001. 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 chevrolet at 1-800-222-1020. |
Recall Notes: 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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