2000 Buick Century & 2000 Buick Regal + 1 more recall: fuel system
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. The clamp that secures the flexible fuel fill hose to the metal fill tube may be loose and could separate.
💥 The risk
This could cause fuel leakage exceeding the permissible amount.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will inspect the fuel hose fill neck clamp and, if necessary, reposition and tighten the clamp.
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
- 00V160000
- Manufacturer recall #
- 00056
- Manufacturer
- GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
- Vehicles affected
- 248
- Component
- FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP
- Owner phone
- 1-800-222-1020
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Jun 21, 2000
- Built
- May 1, 2000 – May 31, 2000
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Owner notification began june 21, 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 chevrolet at 1-800-222-1020 or buick at 1-800-521-7300.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).