NHTSA campaign 07V349000 · Manufacturer campaign 06230
GENERAL MOTORS CORP. Recall 07V-349: FUEL TANK INLET CHECK VALVE WELD
- Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation
NHTSA recall 07V349000 (Manufacturer campaign 06230) was reported by GENERAL MOTORS CORP. on August 8, 2007, with 20,594 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Chevrolet Venture, Pontiac Aztek, Pontiac Montana and more for model years 2001–2004. Owners were notified on December 4, 2007, per NHTSA.
Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files
Is my vehicle included?
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Key facts
- NHTSA campaign
- 07V349000 (also written 07V-349 or 07V349)
- Filed by
- GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
- Manufacturer campaign number
- 06230
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 20,594 vehicles (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Fuel System, Gasoline — Storage
- Owners notified
- NHTSA investigation
- Engineering Analysis EA07-006 (per NHTSA's investigations file)
Vehicles listed for this recall
NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 07V349000. 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 Rendezvous
Chevrolet
Chevrolet Venture
Pontiac
Pontiac Aztek
Pontiac Montana
NHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 07V349000.
Defect description
ON CERTAIN VEHICLES, VARIATIONS IN THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS OR EXPOSURE TO HIGH AMBIENT TEMPERATURES MAY LEAD TO FRACTURE OF THE FUEL TANK INLET CHECK VALVE (ICV).
Safety consequence
A FRACTURE MAY ALLOW FUEL VAPORS TO PASS THROUGH AND ALLOW DROPLETS OF FUEL TO ACCUMULATE ON THE SIDE OF THE FUEL TANK. FUEL LEAKAGE, IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE, COULD RESULT IN A FIRE.
Manufacturer remedy
DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE FUEL TANK. THE RECALL WILL BE MAILED IN TWO PHASES WITH THE FIRST PHASE BEGINNING ON DECEMBER 4, 2007. THE SECOND PHASE WILL BE MAILED ON DECEMBER 13, 2007. OWNERS MAY CONTACT BUICK AT 1-866-608-8080; CHEVROLET AT 1-800-630-2438; OR PONTIAC AT 1-800-620-7668. THE VEHICLE POPULATION INCLUDES BUICK RENDEZVOUS AND PONTIAC AZTEK VEHICLE BUILT IN MAY 2003; CHEVROLET VENTURE AND PONTIAC MONTANA VEHICLES BUILT FROM JUNE THROUGH AUGUST 2002; AND ALL VEHICLES REGISTERED IN NEVADA, ARIZONA, VIRGIN ISLANDS, PUERTO RICO, AND HAWAII.
Notes
GM RECALL NO. 06230.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 07V349000
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.