NHTSA campaign 04V289000 · Manufacturer campaign 04048

GMC and Oldsmobile Recall 04V-289: GM/ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED AIR SUSPENSION

Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 04V289000 (Manufacturer campaign 04048) was reported by GENERAL MOTORS CORP. on June 23, 2004, with 29,951 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the GMC Envoy and Oldsmobile Bravada for the 2002 model year. Owners were notified on August 19, 2004, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

Is my vehicle included?

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign: 04V289000 (also written 04V-289 or 04V289)
Filed by: GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
Manufacturer campaign number: 04048
Report received: June 23, 2004
Potentially affected: 29,951 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Engine and Engine Cooling
Owners notified: August 19, 2004
NHTSA investigation: Engineering Analysis EA03-007 (per NHTSA's investigations file)

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 04V289000. 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.

GMC

GMC Envoy
- 2002 · Vehicles built October 1, 2000 – October 31, 2001 (per NHTSA)

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Oldsmobile

Oldsmobile Bravada
- 2002 · Vehicles built October 1, 2000 – October 31, 2001 (per NHTSA)

All Oldsmobile recalls

NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 04V289000.

Defect description

SOME SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH AN ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED AIR SUSPENSION (ECAS) HAVE A CONDITION IN WHICH THE ECAS MAY PRODUCE A BRIEF ELECTRICAL SPIKE WHILE THE VEHICLE IS OPERATING. THIS ELECTRICAL SPIKE CAN DISRUPT THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM) CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL.

Safety consequence

IF THE SPIKE DAMAGES THE PCM, THE VEHICLE MAY NOT RESTART. IF THIS HAPPENS WHILE THE VEHICLE IS MOVING, A CRASH COULD OCCUR WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.

Manufacturer remedy

DEALERS WILL INSTALL A WIRING HARNESS. THE RECALL WILL BEGIN ON AUGUST 19, 2004. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT OLDSMOBILE AT 1-800-630-6537 OR GMC AT 1-866-996-9463.

Notes

GM RECALL NO. 04048.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 04V289000

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.