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NHTSA campaign 03V151000 · Manufacturer campaign 03025

GENERAL MOTORS CORP. Recall 03V-151: GM/BRAKE PIPE

NHTSA recall 03V151000 (Manufacturer campaign 03025) was reported by GENERAL MOTORS CORP. on April 23, 2003, with 44,653 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Chevrolet Trailblazer, GMC Envoy and Oldsmobile Bravada for the 2003 model year. Owners were notified on May 29, 2003, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign
03V151000 (also written 03V-151 or 03V151)
Filed by
GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
Manufacturer campaign number
03025
Report received
Potentially affected
44,653 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component
Service Brakes, Hydraulic — Foundation Components — Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings
Owners notified

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 03V151000. 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

    • 2003 · Vehicles built July 1, 2002 – September 30, 2002 (per NHTSA)
All Chevrolet recalls

GMC

  • GMC Envoy

    • 2003 · Vehicles built July 1, 2002 – September 30, 2002 (per NHTSA)
All GMC recalls

Oldsmobile

  • Oldsmobile Bravada

    • 2003 · Vehicles built July 1, 2002 – September 30, 2002 (per NHTSA)
All Oldsmobile recalls

NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 03V151000.

Defect description

CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES WERE BUILT WITH A LEFT-FRONT BRAKE PIPE WITH A CIRCUMFERENTIAL SCORE AT A RANDOM LOCATION ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE PIPE AS THE RESULT OF THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS. IF THE BRAKE PIPE PARTIALLY OR FULLY FRACTURED, BRAKE PEDAL TRAVEL WOULD IMMEDIATELY INCREASE AND FRONT BRAKE PERFORMANCE WOULD BE REDUCED.

Safety consequence

IF BRAKING PERFORMANCE IS REDUCED, A CRASH COULD OCCUR.

Manufacturer remedy

DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE LEFT-FRONT BRAKE PIPE. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN ON MAY 29, 2003. 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, GMC AT 1-800-462-8782, OR OLDSMOBILE AT 1-800-442-8006.

Notes

GM RECALL NO. 03025.CUSTOMERS CAN 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 03V151000

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.