NHTSA campaign 05V161000 · Manufacturer campaign 05042
Chevrolet and GMC Recall 05V-161: PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM
- Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation
NHTSA recall 05V161000 (Manufacturer campaign 05042) was reported by GENERAL MOTORS CORP. on April 22, 2005, with 90,242 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra for model years 1999–2005. Owners were notified on July 29, 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 05V161000 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
- 05V161000 (also written 05V-161 or 05V161)
- Filed by
- GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
- Manufacturer campaign number
- 05042
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 90,242 vehicles (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Parking Brake
- Owners notified
Vehicles listed for this recall
NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 05V161000. 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 Silverado
- 1999 · Vehicles built April 1, 1998 – July 31, 1999 (per NHTSA)
- 2000 · Vehicles built February 1, 1999 – July 31, 2000 (per NHTSA)
- 2001 · Vehicles built April 1, 2000 – July 31, 2001 (per NHTSA)
- 2002 · Vehicles built March 1, 2001 – June 30, 2002 (per NHTSA)
- 2003 · Vehicles built April 1, 2003 – July 31, 2003 (per NHTSA)
- 2004 · Vehicles built April 1, 2003 – August 31, 2004 (per NHTSA)
- 2005 · Vehicles built April 1, 2004 – August 31, 2004 (per NHTSA)
GMC
GMC Sierra
- 1999 · Vehicles built April 1, 1998 – June 30, 1999 (per NHTSA)
- 2000 · Vehicles built March 1, 1999 – July 31, 2000 (per NHTSA)
- 2001 · Vehicles built April 1, 2000 – July 31, 2001 (per NHTSA)
- 2002 · Vehicles built May 1, 2001 – June 30, 2002 (per NHTSA)
- 2003 · Vehicles built April 1, 2002 – July 31, 2003 (per NHTSA)
- 2004 · Vehicles built April 1, 2003 – July 31, 2004 (per NHTSA)
- 2005 · Vehicles built June 1, 2004 – July 31, 2004 (per NHTSA)
NHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 05V161000.
Defect description
ON CERTAIN PICKUP TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS AND BUILT WITH EITHER PBR PARKING BRAKE SYSTEMS OR TRW PARKING BRAKE SYSTEMS, THE PARKING BRAKE FRICTION LININGS MAY WEAR TO AN EXTENT WHERE THE PARKING BRAKE CAN BECOME INEFFECTIVE IN IMMOBILIZING A PARKED VEHICLE.
Safety consequence
IF THE PARKING BRAKE DOES NOT HOLD, UNINTENDED VEHICLE MOVEMENT COULD OCCUR, WHICH COULD RESULT IN A CRASH.
Manufacturer remedy
DEALERS WILL INSTALL A LOW-FORCE SPRING CLIP RETAINER FOR VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A PBR PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM. ON VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE TRW PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM, DEALERS WILL INSTALL A REDESIGNED PARKING BRAKE CABLE ASSEMBLY. THE RECALL BEGAN ON JULY 29, 2005. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CHEVROLET AT 1-800-630-2438 OR GMC AT 1-866-996-9463.
Notes
GM RECALL NO. 05042.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 05V161000
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.