NHTSA campaign 11V007000 · Manufacturer campaign 10426A
GENERAL MOTORS CORP. Recall 11V-007: REAR AXLE CROSS PIN FRACTURE
NHTSA recall 11V007000 (Manufacturer campaign 10426A) was reported by GENERAL MOTORS CORP. on January 6, 2011, with 30,566 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Cadillac Escalade, Cadillac Escalade ESV, Cadillac Escalade EXT and more for the 2011 model year. Owners were notified on January 11, 2011, per NHTSA.
Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files
Is my vehicle included?
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Key facts
- NHTSA campaign
- 11V007000 (also written 11V-007 or 11V007)
- Filed by
- GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
- Manufacturer campaign number
- 10426A
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 30,566 vehicles (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Suspension — Rear — Axle — Spindle
- Owners notified
Vehicles listed for this recall
NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 11V007000. 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
- 2011 · Vehicles built December 3, 2010 – January 3, 2011 (per NHTSA)
Cadillac Escalade ESV
- 2011 · Vehicles built December 3, 2010 – January 3, 2011 (per NHTSA)
Cadillac Escalade EXT
- 2011 · Vehicles built November 26, 2010 – December 21, 2010 (per NHTSA)
Chevrolet
Chevrolet Avalanche 1500
- 2011 · Vehicles built November 18, 2010 – December 20, 2010 (per NHTSA)
Chevrolet Colorado
- 2011 · Vehicles built December 1, 2010 – January 3, 2011 (per NHTSA)
Chevrolet Express 1500
Chevrolet Silverado 1500
- 2011 · Vehicles built November 18, 2010 – January 3, 2011 (per NHTSA)
Chevrolet Suburban 1500
- 2011 · Vehicles built November 30, 2010 – January 3, 2011 (per NHTSA)
Chevrolet Tahoe
- 2011 · Vehicles built November 30, 2010 – January 3, 2011 (per NHTSA)
GMC
GMC Canyon
- 2011 · Vehicles built December 2, 2010 – January 3, 2011 (per NHTSA)
GMC Savana 1500
GMC Sierra 1500
- 2011 · Vehicles built November 19, 2010 – December 23, 2010 (per NHTSA)
GMC Yukon
- 2011 · Vehicles built November 30, 2010 – January 3, 2011 (per NHTSA)
GMC Yukon XL 1500
- 2011 · Vehicles built November 30, 2010 – January 3, 2011 (per NHTSA)
NHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 11V007000.
Defect description
GENERAL MOTORS IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2011 CADILLAC ESCALADE, ESCALADE ESV, ESCALADE EXT; CHEVROLET AVALANCHE, COLORADO, EXPRESS, SILVERADO, SUBURBAN, TAHOE; AND GMC CANYON, SIERRA, SAVANA, YUKON AND YUKON XL 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
THIS RECALL CAMPAIGN IS AN EXPANSION TO 10V-643.GM'S SAFETY RECALL NO. 10426A.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 11V007000
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.