Recall Detail

PONTIAC / FIREBIRD / 1999

Components - Details
NHTSA Record Id: 8980 Vehicale/Equipment Name: PONTIAC
Recalled Component Id: 000009477000202613000000172 Manufacturer Supplied Component Name:
Model Name: FIREBIRD Model Year: 1999
NHTSA Campaign Number: 99V239000 Mfr Campaign Number: 99056
Component Name: POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY Manufacturer That Filed Report: GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
Start date of Manufacturing: Jun, 01 1999 End date of Manufacturing: Jun, 30 1999
Report For : V Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 69
Date Owner Notified By MFR : Sep, 08 1999 Recall Initiator: MFR
Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : General Motors, LLC Report Received Date: Aug, 27 1999
Record Creation date : Aug, 30 1999 Federal Motar Safety Number:
Defect Summary : Vehicle description: passenger vehicles equipped with manual transmissions. the clutch master cylinder may have been built with an incorrect retaining ring. Consequence Summary: This may not allow the clutch system to disengage the clutch when the clutch pedal is depressed, resulting in unintentional vehicle movement, increased stopping distances, engine stalls, and difficulty in shifting.
Corrective Summary : Dealers will replace the hydraulic clutch master cylinder with a new cylinder. Recall Notes: Gm recall no. 99056.owner notification began september 8, 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 chevrolet at 1-800-222-1020 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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