NHTSA campaign 10V553000 · Manufacturer campaign 10351

Buick and Cadillac Recall 10V-553: BATTERY CABLE ROUTING VARIATION

NHTSA recall 10V553000 (Manufacturer campaign 10351) was reported by GENERAL MOTORS CORP. on November 5, 2010, with 13,780 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Buick Lucerne and Cadillac DTS for model years 2010–2011. Owners were notified on November 19, 2010, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign
10V553000 (also written 10V-553 or 10V553)
Filed by
GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
Manufacturer campaign number
10351
Report received
Potentially affected
13,780 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component
Electrical System — 12V/24V/48V Battery — Cables
Owners notified

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 10V553000. 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 Lucerne

    • 2010 · Vehicles built February 16, 2010 – June 8, 2010 (per NHTSA)
    • 2011 · Vehicles built May 5, 2010 – August 25, 2010 (per NHTSA)
All Buick recalls

Cadillac

  • Cadillac DTS

    • 2010 · Vehicles built February 16, 2010 – June 9, 2010 (per NHTSA)
    • 2011 · Vehicles built May 4, 2010 – October 14, 2010 (per NHTSA)
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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 10V553000.

Defect description

GENERAL MOTORS IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2010-2011 DTS AND BUICK LUCERNE VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH V8 ENGINES. THE STARTER OR ALTERNATOR CABLE IS IN CONTACT WITH THE POWER STEERING RETURN LINE. IF EITHER THE STARTER OR ALTERNATOR CABLE IS CONTACTING THE POWER STEERING RETURN LINE, THE CABLE COULD WEAR THROUGH THE LINE, CAUSING A POWER STEERING FLUID LEAK.

Safety consequence

A POWER STEERING LEAK COULD RESULT IN A LOSS OF POWER STEERING, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH, AND/OR THE LEAK ONTO HOT ENGINE PARTS COULD CAUSE AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE.

Manufacturer remedy

DEALERS WILL SECURE AND IF NECESSARY REROUTE THE LINES TO PREVENT CONTACT. THIS SERVICE WILL BE PERFORMED FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON NOVEMBER 19, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CADILLAC AT 1-866-982-2339, BUICK AT 1-866-608-8080 AND AT THE OWNER CENTER AT WWW.GMOWNERCENTER.COM.

Notes

GM SAFETY RECALL NO. 10351.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 10V553000

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.