Bulletins


BulletinBulletin dateReplacement BulletinItem no.SummaryAdded
STEERING
03023600208/01/200310012577Revised steering wheel position sensor or steering shaft lower bearing replacement procedure and steering wheel position sensor centering procedure. *eh03/07/2005
00023500302/01/2007000235003M10012089Clunking noise under hood and can be felt in steering wheel. *eh updated *eh updated. *kb02/11/2005
STEERING - COLUMN LOCKING - ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
01023500304/01/2001619366The deletion of the steering column / wheel locking feature on vehicles with automatic transmissions. *tt05/24/2001
26030103/26/2001619240Some customers have been noticing and / or complaining that their steering column lock shaft does not lock. *tt05/21/2001

Investigations


NHTSA IDManufacturerDate openDate closeSubjectRecall campaign
STEERING - HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
EA04012GENERAL MOTORS CORP.04/30/200402/28/2005HYDRAULIC PUMP FAILRES05V005000
 Gm is conducting a recall on all subject vehicles build between may 1999 and october 14, 1999.significant changes were incorporated into production in early october 1999, and vehicles built after that date have lower warranty failure rates.the complaint and warranty data appear to support the effectiveness of these changes. gm made additional changes in november 1999, february 2000, may 2001, and february 2004.odi will continue to monitor this problem and will take further action, if warranted, in the future.for further technical details see the attached engineering analysis report.

Consumer Complaints


Fail datemilesoccurencesPurchase date
STEERING - GEAR BOX - SHAFT SECTOR
11/02/2004339001
 Vehicle is making a noise from the steering column. consumer took the vehicle to dealer and it was detected, the intermediate steering shaft needed to be replaced. *ak