NHTSA campaign 05V156000 · Manufacturer campaign 05038
Buick Recall 05V-156: BRAKE PEDAL PUSHROD RETAINER
NHTSA recall 05V156000 (Manufacturer campaign 05038) was reported by GENERAL MOTORS CORP. on April 20, 2005, with 61,594 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Buick Lacrosse for the 2005 model year. Owners were notified on April 26, 2005, per NHTSA.
Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files
Is my vehicle included?
This page lists, by model year, the vehicles NHTSA's recall record names for campaign 05V156000 in the model years try.vin imports (1995 and later); NHTSA's own record can list more. A model year on the list doesn't mean every vehicle of that year is included, and some may already have been repaired.
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Key facts
- NHTSA campaign
- 05V156000 (also written 05V-156 or 05V156)
- Filed by
- GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
- Manufacturer campaign number
- 05038
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 61,594 vehicles (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic — Pedals and Linkages
- Owners notified
Vehicles listed for this recall
NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 05V156000. 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.
Buick
Buick Lacrosse
- 2005 · Vehicles built May 1, 2004 – March 31, 2005 (per NHTSA)
NHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 05V156000.
Defect description
ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES, THE CLIP THAT SECURES THE BRAKE PUSHROD TO THE BRAKE PEDAL ARM PIN COULD HAVE BEEN BENT WHEN IT WAS INSTALLED. A BENT CLIP MAY COME OFF, ALLOWING THE BRAKE BOOSTER PUSHROD TO SEPARATE FROM THE BRAKE PEDAL.
Safety consequence
PUSHING ON THE PEDAL WILL NOT APPLY THE BRAKES AND A VEHICLE CRASH COULD OCCUR WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.
Manufacturer remedy
DEALERS WILL INSTALL A NEW BRAKE PEDAL PUSH ROD BUSHING AND RETAINING CLIP AND, IF THE CLIP WAS MISSING, A NEW BRAKE PEDAL ARM ASSEMBLY FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON APRIL 26, 2005. OWNERS MAY CONTACT BUICK AT 1-866-608-8080.
Notes
GM RECALL NO. 05038. CUSTOMERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), OR GO TO HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV.
Sources
Official NHTSA notice for recall 05V156000
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.