| NHTSA Record Id: 8448 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: CADILLAC |
| Recalled Component Id: 000010738000202957000000146 |
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| Model Name: ESCALADE |
Model Year: 2000 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 00V153000 |
Mfr Campaign Number: 00052 |
| Component Name: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Apr, 01 1999 |
End date of Manufacturing: May, 31 2000 |
| Report For : V |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 4300 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Jul, 13 2000 |
Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : General Motors, LLC |
Report Received Date: Jun, 07 2000 |
| Record Creation date : Jun, 07 2000 |
Federal Motar Safety Number: 301 |
| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: sport utility vehicles, equipped with a floor mounted rosen video entertainment center, fail to conform to the requirements of fmvss no. 301, "fuel system integrity." due to the method of installation of the video entertainment center by the installed, the vehicle may not meet the fuel spillage requirements of the standard in a vehicle crash. |
Consequence Summary: Fuel leakage in the presence of an ignition source could result in a fire. |
| Corrective Summary : If the entertainment center is installed on the right-hand side (passenger side), no correction is required. if the entertainment center is installed on the left-hand side (driver side), the dealer will remove and reinstall the entertainment center with a revised attachment bracket. the dealer will also inspect, and if necessary, replace the fuel return line. |
Recall Notes: Owner notification began july 13, 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 cadillac at1-800-458-8006.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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