2000 Saturn LS recall: fuel system
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. These vehicles do not comply with requirements of FMVSS no. 301, "fuel system integrity." these vehicles may have been produced with an inoperative valve within the fuel tank assembly.
💥 The risk
If a vehicle with an inoperative valve were involved in a rollover, fuel spillage could occur.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will inspect the vehicles to ensure that the fuel tank assembly valve is operating as intended. They will replace the fuel tank assembly if necessary.
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
- 99V197000
- Manufacturer recall #
- 99042/00-C-01
- Manufacturer
- GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
- Vehicles affected
- 1,300
- Component
- FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
- Owner phone
- 1-800-553-6000
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Jul 23, 1999
- Built
- May 1, 1999 – Jul 20, 1999
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Owner notification began july 23, 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 saturn at 1-800-553-6000, prompt 3. Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).