NHTSA campaign 09V233000 · Manufacturer campaign 09066

Saturn Recall 09V-233: OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLE STICKS/BINDS

Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 09V233000 (Manufacturer campaign 09066) was reported by GENERAL MOTORS CORP. on June 25, 2009, with 44,451 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Saturn Vue for the 2008 model year. Owners were notified on August 18, 2009, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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This page lists, by model year, the vehicles NHTSA's recall record names for campaign 09V233000 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: 09V233000 (also written 09V-233 or 09V233)
Filed by: GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
Manufacturer campaign number: 09066
Report received: June 25, 2009
Potentially affected: 44,451 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component: Latches/Locks/Linkages — Doors — Latch
Owners notified: August 18, 2009
NHTSA investigation: Preliminary Evaluation PE09-016 (per NHTSA's investigations file)

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 09V233000. 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.

Saturn

Saturn Vue
- 2008

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 09V233000.

Defect description

GM IS RECALLING 44,451 MY 2008 SATURN VUE VEHICLES WITH BODY COLOR OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLES. THE OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLES MAY STICK OR BIND. IF THIS WERE TO OCCUR, THE DOOR MAY NOT LATCH WHEN CLOSED.

Safety consequence

DRIVING WITH AN UNLATCHED DOOR COULD RESULT IN AN UNBELTED OCCUPANT FALLING OUT OF THE VEHICLE, CAUSING INCREASED RISK OF INJURY.

Manufacturer remedy

DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLES WITH CHROME DOOR HANDLES FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ON OR BEFORE AUGUST 18, 2009. OWNER MAY CONTACT SATURN AT 1-800-972-8876 OR AT WWW.GMOWNERCENTER.COM.

Notes

GM RECALL NO. 09066.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 09V233000

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.