NHTSA campaign 09V116000 · Manufacturer campaign 09047

GENERAL MOTORS CORP. Recall 09V-116: ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE

Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 09V116000 (Manufacturer campaign 09047) was reported by GENERAL MOTORS CORP. on April 8, 2009, with 1,497,516 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Buick Regal, Pontiac Grand Prix, Chevrolet Monte Carlo and more for model years 1997–2003. Owners were notified on April 9, 2009, 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 09V116000 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: 09V116000 (also written 09V-116 or 09V116)
Filed by: GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
Manufacturer campaign number: 09047
Report received: April 8, 2009
Potentially affected: 1,497,516 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Engine and Engine Cooling
Owners notified: April 9, 2009

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 09V116000. 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 Regal
- 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003

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Chevrolet

Chevrolet Impala
- 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
Chevrolet Lumina
- 1998, 1999
Chevrolet Monte Carlo
- 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003

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Oldsmobile

Oldsmobile Intrigue
- 1998, 1999

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Pontiac

Pontiac Grand Prix
- 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003

All Pontiac recalls

NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 09V116000.

Defect description

GENERAL MOTORS IS RECALLING 1,497,516 MY 1997-2003 BUICK REGAL, MY 1998-2003 CHEVROLET LUMINA, MONTE CARLO AND IMPALA, MY 1998-1999 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE, MY 1997-2003 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 3.8L V6 NATURALLY ASPIRATED ENGINE. SOME OF THESE VEHICLES HAVE A CONDITION IN WHICH DROPS OF ENGINE OIL MAY BE DEPOSITED ON THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD THROUGH HARD BRAKING.

Safety consequence

IF THE MANIFOLD IS HOT ENOUGH AND THE OIL RUNS BELOW THE HEAT SHIELD, IT MAY IGNITE INTO A SMALL FLAME AND MAY SPREAD TO THE PLASTIC SPARK PLUG WIRE CHANNEL AND BEYOND INCREASING THE RISK OF AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE.

Manufacturer remedy

DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE ENGINES FRONT VALVE COVER AND FRONT-VALVE-COVER GASKET WITH NEW PARTS OF AN IMPROVED DESIGN AND REMOVE THE ENGINES PLASTIC COVER AND PLASTIC OIL-FILL-TUBE EXTENSION, FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING MAY 2016. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CHEVROLET AT 1-800-630-2438, OLDSMOBILE AT 1-800-630-6537, AND PONTIAC AT 1-800-620-7668 OR HTTP://WWW.PONTIAC.COM OR HTTP:WWW.GMOWNERCENTER.COM.

Notes

GM RECALL NO. 09047.OWNERS 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 <A HREF=HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV>HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV</A> .

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 09V116000

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.