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 | |||||
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| 04E022000 | DURAKON INDUSTRIES, INC. | E (Equipment) | 8000 | 03/31/2004 | MFR | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. | 03/23/2004 | 03/30/2004 | ||||||||
| Defect Summary | Aftermarket pickup truck over-the-rail bedliners manufactured for installation on 1999-2004 chevrolet silverado and gmc sierra pickup trucks. the toggle wing assembly used to attach the bedliner to the truck bed is not engaging fully in the stake pocket of the pickup truck. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | The bedliner can become detached from the pickup while it is motion, possibly endangering following motorists or pedestrians. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Durakon will issue a press release in attempt to notify customers that could have purchased the defective bedliner. if you purchased either a durakon allstar of patriot overrail bedliner since august 1, 2003, for 1999 to 2004 chevrolet silverado or gmc sierra trucks, or purchased one of these pickup trucks with either brand bedliner already installed, you should return to an authorized durakon dealer so that the bedliner can be inspected and, if necessary, repaired with a newly designed toggle wing fastening system, or if required, replaced with a new bedliner free of charge. please call the durakon hotline at 1-800-933-4200 to find the nearest authorized durakon dealer. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | This recall only pertains to aftermarket overrail bedliners and has no relation to any original equipment installed on chevrolet silverado and gmc sierra pickup trucks by general motors.customers can contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236). | |||||||||||||||
| EQUIPMENT - ELECTRICAL | ||||||||||||||||
| 07E066000 | CEQUENT ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS | E (Equipment) | 175 | 09/05/2007 | MFR | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. | 08/28/2007 | 08/29/2007 | ||||||||
| Defect Summary | Certain cequent 90 degree 7-way right angle adaptors sold by distributors in tow packages for aftermarket sales to tow 5th wheel rv travel trailers. due to incorrect wiring of the harness, the trailer lights may not operate properly. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | If the trailer lights are not working properly, a vehicle crash can occur. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | All of the defective tow packages are still at the distributor level and have not been sold to any consumers. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | This recall only pertains to aftermarket cequent tow packages and has no relation to any original equipment installed on daimlerchrysler, gmc, or ford vehicles.customers may contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty: 1-800-424-9153); or go to http://www.safercar.gov. | |||||||||||||||
Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
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| 131100 | 11/13/2000 | 616411 | Information the snowplow prep package available for 1/2 ton, four-wheel drive regular cab models. *tt | 02/25/2001 | |
| EQUIPMENT - ELECTRICAL - AIR CONDITIONER | |||||
| 040139007 | 06/01/2004 | 10012175 | Loss of heating ventilation air conditioning. system mode and or temperature control. *eh | 02/16/2005 | |
| 040138010 | 08/01/2004 | 10011190 | Diagnostic information to accurately diagnose a/c low pressure switch using new kent moore special tool ge-47742. *tt | 01/10/2005 | |
| 3086 | 01/01/2004 | 10009509 | Air conditioner (a/c) low pressure switch diagnostic tool. currently the a/c low pressure switch open/close pressures cannot be accurately determined by measuring pressure at the low side service port. *tt | 10/04/2004 | |
| EQUIPMENT - OTHER - OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL | |||||
| 05062004 | 05/06/2004 | 10013211 | Flexible spare tire hoist tool. *eh | 04/12/2005 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
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| EQUIPMENT | |||
| 10/01/2000 | 15 | ||
| The accelerator had stuck, the transmission slipped, the flaps on the fender and the door trim had fallen off, the back window leaked, the heat shield was believed to have caused a vibration in the dash-per service dealer, the coolant light stayed on, the a/c had to be repaired twice, and the rotors vibrated. *jb *scc | |||
| 1 | |||
| Consumer states due to the design of the remote keyless entry transmitter, it may be possible for someone elses gmc or chevrolet remote transmitter to disarm a gmc vehicle by using the resyncronization method, to gain access and steal contents in the vehicle. *tt | |||
| EQUIPMENT - ELECTRICAL - AIR CONDITIONER | |||
| 09/15/2000 | 5 | 09/01/2000 | |
| The air conditioner comes on when the recirculate button is selected for air source and cannot be shutoff again without turning off the engine. the dealer has replaced the control head 3times and checked the wiring but cannot find the problem so they told me that this is the way it is supposed to work.*ak | |||
| EQUIPMENT - MECHANICAL - CARRIER/RACK | |||
| 2 | 02/26/2000 | ||
| Tire blowout while driving, spare tire would not release from carrier, as a result consumer had to purchase two new rear tires. nlm | |||