| NHTSA Record Id: 6657 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: GMC |
| Recalled Component Id: 000011615000080856000000110 |
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| Model Name: C6500 |
Model Year: 1999 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 00V232008 |
Mfr Campaign Number: 00076/00078 |
| Component Name: SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| Start date of Manufacturing: May, 01 1998 |
End date of Manufacturing: Jul, 31 1999 |
| Report For : V |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 30000 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Dec, 14 2000 |
Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : General Motors, LLC |
Report Received Date: Sep, 07 2000 |
| Record Creation date : Sep, 26 2000 |
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| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: school buses, medium duty trucks and tractors built with bendix air abs with an ec-17 1030r electronic control unit (ecu), there have been reports of unwanted abs activation at low speeds caused by 1) chafed abs wheel speed sensor wires on rotating parts or 2) a damaged component at the wheel end that generates a certain type of erratic sensor signal. |
Consequence Summary: This condition could cause the abs ecu to exhaust the air at the air brake modulators for one or more of the wheels. this could result in extended braking distances and a possible crash. |
| Corrective Summary : Dealers will replace the abs ecu. |
Recall Notes: Owner notification began december 14, 2000 for the b7 series school buses and on march 15, 2001, for the medium duty trucks and tractors. 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 1-800-222-1022 or gmc at 1-800-462-8782. 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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