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Fuel Pump Failure: General Motors (GM) is recalling certain model year 2007 Chevrolet Equinox and Pontiac Torrent vehicles originally sold or currently registered in Arizona, California, Nevada, and Texas
Posted by: Chris Bloom, CJBFireConsultant (IP Logged)
Date: October 01, 2012 11:49AM

Vehicle Make / Model:
Model Year(s):

CHEVROLET / COBALT 2007-2009
CHEVROLET / EQUINOX 2007
PONTIAC / G5 2007-2009
PONTIAC / TORRENT 2007
SATURN / ION 2007

Manufacturer: General Motors LLC

Report Receipt Date: SEP 19, 2012

NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID Number: 12V459000

NHTSA Action Number: N/A

Component: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINEgrinning smileyELIVERY:FUEL PUMP

Potential Number of Units Affected: 40,859

Summary:
General Motors (GM) is recalling certain model year 2007 Chevrolet Equinox and Pontiac Torrent vehicles originally sold or currently registered in Arizona, California, Nevada, and Texas; model year 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt, Pontiac G5, and Saturn ION vehicles originally sold, or currently registered in, Arizona, California, Florida, Nevada, or Texas; model year 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt and Pontiac G5 vehicles originally sold, or currently registered in, Arizona; and model year 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt and Pontiac G5 vehicles originally sold, or currently registered in, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Nevada, Oklahoma, or Texas. Some of these vehicles have a condition in which the plastic supply or return port on the fuel pump module may crack, which could cause a fuel leak.

Consequence:
Fuel leakage in the presence of an ignition source may result in a fire.

Remedy:
GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the fuel pump module, free of charge. The manufacturer has not provided a notification schedule. Owners may contact General Motors at 1-800-521-7300.

Notes:
GM's campaign number is 12190. This recall is an expansion of recall 09V-419. Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY: 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.



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