NHTSA campaign 10V643000 · Manufacturer campaign 100426
GENERAL MOTORS CORP. Recall 10V-643: REAR AXLE CROSS PIN FRACTURE
NHTSA recall 10V643000 (Manufacturer campaign 100426) was reported by GENERAL MOTORS CORP. on December 17, 2010, with 1,262 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Cadillac Escalade, Chevrolet Avalanche 1500, Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and more for the 2011 model year. Owners were notified on January 11, 2011, per NHTSA.
Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files
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Key facts
- NHTSA campaign
- 10V643000 (also written 10V-643 or 10V643)
- Filed by
- GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
- Manufacturer campaign number
- 100426
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 1,262 vehicles (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Suspension — Rear — Axle — Spindle
- Owners notified
Vehicles listed for this recall
NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 10V643000. 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 Escalade
Chevrolet
All Chevrolet recallsGMC
GMC Sierra 1500
NHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 10V643000.
Defect description
GENERAL MOTORS IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2011 CADILLAC ESCALADE EXT, CHEVROLET AVALANCHE, SILVERADO LD AND GMC SIERRA LD VEHICLES. THE REAR AXLE CROSS PINS WERE NOT PROPERLY HEAT TREATED AND COULD FRACTURE AND BECOME DISPLACED WITHIN THE REAR AXLE. SHOULD THE PIN SHIFT OUT OF POSITION, IT COULD CREATE AN INTERFERENCE CONDITION AND CAUSE THE REAR AXLE TO LOCK.
Safety consequence
THE DRIVER MAY NOT BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND A CRASH COULD OCCUR WITHOUT WARNING.
Manufacturer remedy
DEALERS WILL INSTALL A NEW REAR AXLE CROSS PIN FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON JANUARY 11, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CADILLAC AT 1-866-982-2339, CHEVROLET AT 1-800-630-2438, GMC AT 1-866-996-9463 AND AT THE OWNER CENTER AT WWW.GMOWNERCENTER.COM.
Notes
GM SAFETY RECALL NO. 100426.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 10V643000
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.