Buick Service Brakes, Hydraulic: Foundation Components

Buick is recalling about 8,132 vehicles over a problem with the service brakes, hydraulic. When the rear brake proportioning, antilock brake, traction control, or stability control feature is activated in some driving situations, the feature may not perform as designed.

Campaign
00V114000
Manufacturer
GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
Reported
17 April 2000
Vehicles
8,132
Built between
Jan 2000 – Feb 2000
Models
7
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
21 June 2000
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between January 2000 and February 2000. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2000 Buick LesabreBuilt January 2000 to January 2000
  • 2000 Buick Park AvenueBuilt January 2000 to January 2000
  • 2000 Cadillac DevilleBuilt January 2000 to January 2000
  • 2000 Cadillac SevilleBuilt January 2000 to January 2000
  • 2001 Oldsmobile AuroraBuilt January 2000 to February 2000
  • 2000 Oldsmobile IntrigueBuilt January 2000 to January 2000
  • 2000 Pontiac BonnevilleBuilt January 2000 to January 2000

What the defect is

Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. Some of these vehicles have internal fluid leaks in the brake hydraulic control unit.

What could happen

When the rear brake proportioning, antilock brake, traction control, or stability control feature is activated in some driving situations, the feature may not perform as designed.

What gets fixed

DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE ABS HYDRAULIC MODULATOR UNIT AND IF NECESSARY, REPLACE THE HYDRAULIC MODULATOR.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtJanuary 2000 to February 2000
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA17 April 2000
  3. Owners notified21 June 2000

Your rights

A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.

That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 17 April 2000.

To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
00035
Recalling manufacturer
GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
Recall initiated by
MFR

Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

Additional 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 buick at 1-800-521-7300, pontiac at 1-800-762-2737, oldsmobile at 1-800-442-6537, and cadillac at 1-800-458-8006.ALSO contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).

Check your own vehicle

This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.

A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.

Same component

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