| NHTSA Record Id: 7448 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: PONTIAC |
| Recalled Component Id: 000012073000202623000000175 |
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| Model Name: GRAND AM |
Model Year: 2000 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 00V372000 |
Mfr Campaign Number: 00091 |
| Component Name: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Apr, 01 1999 |
End date of Manufacturing: Aug, 31 2000 |
| Report For : V |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 216 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Dec, 21 2000 |
Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : General Motors, LLC |
Report Received Date: Nov, 13 2000 |
| Record Creation date : Nov, 16 2000 |
Federal Motar Safety Number: 114 |
| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: certain passenger vehicles equipped with manual transaxles (rpo m86) fail to comply with the requirements of fmvss no. 114, "theft protection." when a driver attempts to shift from 5th gear to reverse, a shift inhibitor causes the transmission to be mechanically in 4th gear even though the shift lever indicates reverse gear. |
Consequence Summary: In this situation, the key can be removed from the ignition while the transmission is in a forward gear, which is not permitted by the standard. |
| Corrective Summary : Dealers will disable the 5th/reverse inhibitor by removing a retaining pin and replace the shifter assembly. |
Recall Notes: Owner notification began december 21, 2000.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 oldsmobile at 1-800-442-6537 or pontiac at 1-800-762-2737.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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