Recall 99V220000: Brake Pipe Union Inspection
Year: 2000Make: CHEVROLET TRUCK
Model: BLAZER, S10
YEAR Of Recall: '99
Type of Report: Vehicle
Potential Number of Units Affected: 3947
Summary:
Vehicle Description: S - Trucks equipped with 2 wheel drive.
These vehicles may have the right-hand antilock brake system
(ABS) module feed pipe and/or brake crossover pipe tube nuts
tightened without seating the pipe-flared-ends enough to
withstand normal assembly and vehicle inputs without partially
unseating. This does not comply with requirements of FMVSS No.
105, "Hydraulic Service Brake Normal, Emergency, and Park
Braking Performance."
If this occurred, the seating seal could be broken during
vehicle assembly, or from early road inputs or brake fluid
cycling, and a leak could occur increasing the brake
stopping distance.
Dealers will inspect the brake pipe union for signs of brake
fluid cycling, and a leak could occur increasing the brake
stopping distance.
Dealers will inspect the brake pipe union for signs of brake
fluid, and if necessary, install a new brake pipe union.
Owner notification began August 20, 1999. Owners who take
their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon
service date and do not receive the free remedy within a
reasonable time should contact Chevrolet at 1-800-222-102 or
GMC at 1-800-462-8782. Also contact the National Highway
Safety Administration's Auto Safety Hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT
(1-888-327-4236).