Chevrolet / Pontiac / Saturn recall: Fuel system, gasoline
What is wrong
General Motors (GM) is recalling certain model year 2007 Chevrolet Equinox and Pontiac Torrent vehicles originally sold or currently registered in Arizona, California, Nevada, and Texas; model year 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt, Pontiac G5, and Saturn ION vehicles originally sold, or currently registered in, Arizona, California, Florida, Nevada, or Texas; model year 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt and Pontiac G5 vehicles originally sold, or currently registered in, Arizona; and model year 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt and Pontiac G5 vehicles originally sold, or currently registered in, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Nevada, Oklahoma, or Texas. Some of these vehicles have a condition in which the plastic supply or return port on the fuel pump module may crack, which could cause a fuel leak.
What could happen
Fuel leakage in the presence of an ignition source may result in a fire.
The fix
GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the fuel pump module, free of charge. Notification to owners began on on November 21, 2012. Owners were instructed to not bring their vehicles in for repair until January 2013. Owners may contact General Motors at 1-800-521-7300.
Vehicles covered
- Chevrolet Cobalt 2007–2009
- Chevrolet Equinox 2007
- Pontiac G5 2007–2009
- Pontiac Torrent 2007
- Saturn Ion 2007
Facts
- NHTSA recall number
- 12V459000
- Type
- Vehicle
- Filed by
- General Motors LLC
- Reported to NHTSA
- Sep 19, 2012
- Owners notified
- Jan 1, 2013
- Vehicles or items affected
- 49,768
- Started by
- The manufacturer
- Built
- –
- Part
- Fuel system, gasoline › Delivery › Fuel pump
- Maker's own recall number
- 12190
Notes
GM's campaign number is 12190.This recall is an expansion of recall 09V-419.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.
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- Chevrolet / Pontiac / Saturn recall: Electrical system Apr 10, 2014
- Chevrolet / Pontiac / Saturn recall: Air bags Feb 10, 2014
- Chevrolet / Pontiac recall: Steering Mar 3, 2010
- Chevrolet recall: Air bags Aug 10, 2015
- Chevrolet / Pontiac / Saturn recall: Steering Mar 31, 2014
To check one car, enter its 17-character VIN on the official NHTSA page: a recall may cover only some vehicles of a model year.
Recall data: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Nebula is not affiliated with or endorsed by NHTSA.