2000 Oldsmobile Alero & 2000 Pontiac Grand AM recall: body & structure
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: these vehicles do not comply with the occupant protection requirements of FMVSS no. 201, "occupant protection in interior impact." the console cover on these vehicles does not stay closed when a specified vertical load is applied.
💥 The risk
In the event of a crash, the console cover could open and the cover or items stored under it could injure an occupant.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will replace the console LATCH mechanism.
Is the fix free? Yes. Safety recall repairs are free at any authorized dealer under federal law, including parts and labor. (Vehicles more than 15 years old when the recall was announced can be excluded, but most manufacturers still fix them.)
- NHTSA campaign
- 00V140000
- Manufacturer recall #
- 00036
- Manufacturer
- GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
- Vehicles affected
- 487,400
- Component
- STRUCTURE:BODY
- Owner phone
- 1-800-442-6537
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Jun 9, 2000
- Built
- Apr 1, 1998 – Sep 30, 1999
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Owner notification began june 9, 2000. 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 oldsmobile at 1-800-442-6537 or pontiac at 1-800-762-2737.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).