Recall Detail
DAEWOO PUERTO RICO / LANOS / 2000
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Record Id: 7469 | Vehicale/Equipment Name: DAEWOO PUERTO RICO |
| Recalled Component Id: 000009887000084818000000312 | Manufacturer Supplied Component Name: |
| Model Name: LANOS | Model Year: 2000 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 99V336002 | Mfr Campaign Number: |
| Component Name: WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS | Manufacturer That Filed Report: DAEWOO DE PUERTO RICO |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Jun, 03 1997 | End date of Manufacturing: Sep, 28 1999 |
| Report For : V | Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 1634 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Dec, 09 1999 | Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : DAEWOO MOTOR DE PUERTO RICO | Report Received Date: Dec, 03 1999 |
| Record Creation date : Jan, 12 2000 | Federal Motar Safety Number: |
| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: passenger vehicles equipped with alloy wheels and sold in puerto rico. these wheels were manufactured without the steel bushing inserts around the wheel bolt openings, allowing friction between the wheel bolt seats and the wheel bolts. this can result in the bolts loosening during hard braking. | Consequence Summary: The wheel could detach from the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash. |
| Corrective Summary : Dealers will retorque the wheel bolts and will update the owner's manual wheel bolt torque specification. | Recall Notes: Owner notification began december 9, 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 daewoo puerto rico at 1-787-274-1565.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236). |
| Manufacturer Supplied Component Description: | Manufacturer Supplied Component Part Number: |