NHTSA campaign 01V283000 · Manufacturer campaign 01061

Chevrolet and GMC Recall 01V-283: GM/TRANSMISSION TRANSFER CASE

NHTSA recall 01V283000 (Manufacturer campaign 01061) was reported by GENERAL MOTORS CORP. on September 5, 2001, with 895 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Chevrolet Trailblazer and GMC Envoy for the 2002 model year. Owners were notified on September 6, 2001, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign: 01V283000 (also written 01V-283 or 01V283)
Filed by: GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
Manufacturer campaign number: 01061
Report received: September 5, 2001
Potentially affected: 895 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Power Train — Transfer Case (4-WHEEL DRIVE)
Owners notified: September 6, 2001

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 01V283000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.

Chevrolet

Chevrolet Trailblazer
- 2002 · Vehicles built August 1, 2001 – August 28, 2001 (per NHTSA)

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GMC

GMC Envoy
- 2002 · Vehicles built August 1, 2001 – August 28, 2001 (per NHTSA)

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 01V283000.

Defect description

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES (4 WHEEL-DRIVE). SOME OF THESE VEHICLES WERE BUILT WITH A RANGE SHIFT COLLAR IN THE TRANSMISSION TRANSFER CASE THAT CONTAINS CRACKS.

Safety consequence

THIS CONDITION COULD RESULT IN A COMPLETE FRACTURE OF THE RANGE SHIFT COLLAR AND SUBSEQUENT LOSS OF VEHICLE FORWARD AND REVERSE GEARS, AND THE INABILITY TO MAINTAIN "PARK" POSITION. THIS INCREASES THE RISK OF A VEHICLE CRASH RESULTING FROM UNINTENDED MOVEMENT OF A PARKED VEHICLE.

Manufacturer remedy

DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE TRANSFER CASES AND UPDATE THE CONTROL MODULE CALIBRATION. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN SEPTEMBER 6, 2001. 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 GMC AT 1-800-462-8782.

Notes

ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S AUTO SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 01V283000

Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.