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Pontiac G8 Recall
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Updated
March 21, 2010
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MAY 2009 --
GM is recalling
35,038 MY 2008-2009 Pontiac
G8 vehicles for failing to
comply with the requirements
of Federal Motor Vehicle
Safety Standard No. 108,
"Lamps, Reflective Devices,
and Associated Equipment"
and Federal Motor Vehicles
Safety Standard No. 138,
"Tire Pressure Monitoring
Systems". The brake pedal
position switch may have
been incorrectly programmed.
With this condition, the
brake lamps may be
continually illuminated and
fail to warn a following
driver when the vehicle is
braking. Also certain
vehicles may have incorrect
values programmed into the
tire pressure monitoring
system that will not
illuminate the low tire
pressure telltale until tire
pressure falls below values
required by the standard.
Inappropriate, non-standard
lights could increase the
risk of a crash or driving
on a significantly
under-inflated tire causes
the tire to overheat and can
lead to tire failure.
Dealers will reprogram the
brake position sensor and
the remote control door lock
receiver with the correct
values free of charge. The
recall is expected to begin
on or before June 5, 2009.
Owners may contact GM
Pontiac at 1-800-620-7668 or
at
www.gmownercenter.com.
09V-172 |
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RECALL: Pontiac G8
Recall |
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NHTSA
Campaign
Number:
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09V172000 |
www.nhtsa.dot.gov |
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Manufacturer
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GENERAL
MOTORS
CORP |
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Recall
Date:
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MAY 20,
2009 |
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Potential
Number
Of Units
Affected:
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35038 |
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Description |
TIRES:PRESSURE
MONITORING AND
REGULATING
SYSTEMS |
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Summary |
GM IS RECALLING
35,038 MY
2008-2009
PONTIAC G8
VEHICLES FOR
FAILING TO
COMPLY WITH THE
REQUIREMENTS OF
FEDERAL MOTOR
VEHICLE SAFETY
STANDARD NO.
108, "LAMPS,
REFLECTIVE
DEVICES, AND
ASSOCIATED
EQUIPMENT" AND
FEDERAL MOTOR
VEHICLES SAFETY
STANDARD NO.
138, "TIRE
PRESSURE
MONITORING
SYSTEMS". THE
BRAKE PEDAL
POSITION SWITCH
MAY HAVE BEEN
INCORRECTLY
PROGRAMMED. WITH
THIS CONDITION,
THE BRAKE LAMPS
MAY BE
CONTINUALLY
ILLUMINATED AND
FAIL TO WARN A
FOLLOWING DRIVER
WHEN THE VEHICLE
IS BRAKING. ALSO
CERTAIN VEHICLES
MAY HAVE
INCORRECT VALUES
PROGRAMMED INTO
THE TIRE
PRESSURE
MONITORING
SYSTEM THAT WILL
NOT ILLUMINATE
THE LOW TIRE
PRESSURE
TELLTALE UNTIL
TIRE PRESSURE
FALLS BELOW
VALUES REQUIRED
BY THE STANDARD. |
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Consequence |
INAPPROPRIATE,
NON-STANDARD
LIGHTS COULD
INCREASE THE
RISK OF A CRASH
OR DRIVING ON A
SIGNIFICANTLY
UNDER-INFLATED
TIRE CAUSES THE
TIRE TO OVERHEAT
AND CAN LEAD TO
TIRE FAILURE. |
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Remedy |
DEALERS WILL
REPROGRAM THE
BRAKE POSITION
SENSOR AND THE
REMOTE CONTROL
DOOR LOCK
RECEIVER WITH
THE CORRECT
VALUES FREE OF
CHARGE. THE
RECALL IS
EXPECTED TO
BEGIN ON OR
BEFORE JUNE 5,
2009.
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