NHTSA campaign 07V589000 · Manufacturer campaign 07204
GENERAL MOTORS CORP. Recall 07V-589: DRIVE AXLE SEAL LEAK
- Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation
NHTSA recall 07V589000 (Manufacturer campaign 07204) was reported by GENERAL MOTORS CORP. on December 20, 2007, with 275,936 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Cadillac CTS, Cadillac SRX, Cadillac STS and more for model years 2005–2007. Owners were notified on February 8, 2008, per NHTSA.
Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files
Is my vehicle included?
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Key facts
- NHTSA campaign
- 07V589000 (also written 07V-589 or 07V589)
- Filed by
- GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
- Manufacturer campaign number
- 07204
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 275,936 vehicles (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Power Train — Axle Assembly — Axle Shaft — Seal
- Owners notified
- NHTSA investigation
- Preliminary Evaluation PE07-037 (per NHTSA's investigations file)
Vehicles listed for this recall
NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 07V589000. 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.
Cadillac
Cadillac CTS
Cadillac SRX
Cadillac STS
Pontiac
Pontiac Solstice
Saturn
Saturn Sky
- 2007 · Vehicles built December 1, 2005 – June 30, 2007 (per NHTSA)
NHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 07V589000.
Defect description
ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES, THE REAR AXLE PINION SEAL DOES NOT MEET ALL OF THE SPECIFICATIONS AND MAY EXPERIENCE A FLUID LEAK.
Safety consequence
A REAR DIFFERENTIAL FAILURE MAY CAUSE LOSS OF MOTIVE POWER AND POSSIBLY LOSS OF CONTROL INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
Manufacturer remedy
DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE PINION SEAL FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON FEBRUARY 1, 2008. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CADILLAC AT 1-800-458-8006 OR HTTP://WWW.CADILLAC.COM; PONTIAC AT 1-800-620-7668 OR HTTP://WWW.PONTIAC.COM; AND SATURN AT 1-800-972-8876 OR HTTP://WWW.SATURN.COM.
Notes
GM RECALL NO. 07204.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 07V589000
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.