Recalls
| Campaign | Manufacturer | Manufacturing date | Type | # of units affected | Date Owner notified Mfg | Recall Initiated by | Manufacturers of recalled vehicles/products | Report Recieved Date | Record Creation Date | Regulation Part Number | FMVSS Number | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS | ||||||||||||||||
| 93V018000 | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. | from 07/01/1991 to 07/01/1992 | V (Vehicle) | 20000 | 03/23/1993 | MFR | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. | 02/09/1993 | 02/23/1993 | |||||||
| Defect Summary | System: electrical.vehicle description: seq 9c1 police cars in corrosion areas of the us and canada only. note: vehicles originally sold or currently registered in the states of: connecticut, illinois, indiana, maine, massachusetts, michigan, new hampshire, newjersey, new york, ohio, pennsylvania, rhode island, vermont, and wisconsin. a electrical ground-out condition may exist between the 12 volt junction block and the metal inner fender skirt. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | This condition can cause a melted junction block, smoke,and burned underhood wiring resulting in a disabled vehicle or a vehicle fire.this condition can occur while the vehicle is in operation or while the vehicleis parked and the ignition is in the off position. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Install a shielding insulator under the junction block. | |||||||||||||||
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Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||
| 04/30/2004 | 300000 | 1 | 01/01/1992 |
| My caprice classic was in my driveway and had not been moved for about 1 hour. after an hour from my car being moved, my car caught on fire. the dash was engulfed in flames when i was made aware that my car was even on fire from a neighborhood kid. i quickly tried to put it out and did so. by the time it had died out and the smoke was gone, the entire middle and partial left side of the dash had melted to the floor of the car. my car did not have the keys in the ignition and nothing was left on. my car just caught on fire by itself. my mother had bought the car from the dealer new and i bought it from her. no modifications had been made to it and everything is original from the maker/dealer/cchevrolet. i noticed that a recall had been made regarding cars catching on fire freom a short. why wasn't my mother made aware of this in order to correct your problem before something like this happened? please respond asap. sincerly, kathleen bagley kkb pending contact.... 07/08/05... | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | |||
| 10/01/1998 | 10/20/1996 | ||
| Convertible top/passenger's side window motor and switch/driver and passenger side door pull handles/alternator, and driver's side airbag failed. | |||
| 02/20/1996 | |||
| Alternator bearings failed, cause to stalling and loss of all power while driving*ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - BATTERY | |||
| 1 | 12/11/1993 | ||
| Battery failed. | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS | |||
| 1 | |||
| The driver had to manually adjust the rear view mirrors ,and had no interior lighting due to a fuse that blew out. *ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - IGNITION | |||
| 04/15/1996 | 1 | 08/20/1991 | |
| Defective distributor cap, causing vehicle to stall. | |||
| 01/26/1996 | |||
| While driving, engine stalls out in traffic without warning, could cause accident; gm claims they do not know what's causing the problem. *ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - IGNITION - MODULE | |||
| 12 | 08/01/1995 | ||
| The engine stalls intermittently. | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING | |||
| The vehicle had been parked for 12 hours and a fire broke out in the engine compartment. fire department says it's due to an electrical short. *ak | |||