NHTSA campaign 12V388000 · Manufacturer campaign 12166
Chevrolet and GMC Recall 12V-388: Fuel Filler Pipe Corrosion
- Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation
NHTSA recall 12V388000 (Manufacturer campaign 12166) was reported by GENERAL MOTORS LLC on August 8, 2012, with 9,389 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana for model years 2003–2004. Owners were notified on October 1, 2012, per NHTSA.
Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files
Is my vehicle included?
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Key facts
- NHTSA campaign
- 12V388000 (also written 12V-388 or 12V388)
- Filed by
- GENERAL MOTORS LLC
- Manufacturer campaign number
- 12166
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 9,389 vehicles (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Fuel System, Gasoline — Storage — Tank Assembly — Filler Pipe and Cap
- Owners notified
- NHTSA investigation
- Preliminary Evaluation PE11-040 (per NHTSA's investigations file)
Vehicles listed for this recall
NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 12V388000. 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.
Chevrolet
Chevrolet Express
GMC
GMC Savana
NHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 12V388000.
Defect description
General Motors (GM) is recalling certain model year 2003-2004 Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana vehicles, equipped with a left side cargo door, and originally sold or currently registered in Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and the District of Columbia. Water and road contaminants may become trapped in the protective conduit that covers the fuel filler pipe and may cause the pipe to corrode.
Safety consequence
Significant corrosion may allow fuel to leak during refueling, and in the presence of an ignition source; there is an increased risk of fire.
Manufacturer remedy
GM will notify owners, and dealers will install a new fuel filler neck, free of charge. The safety recall began on October 1, 2012. Owners may contact the Chevrolet owner center at 1-866-694-6546 and GMC at 1-866-996-9463.
Notes
GM's campaign number is 12166.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 www.safercar.gov.
Sources
Official NHTSA notice for recall 12V388000
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.