Chevrolet Tires: Markings

Chevrolet is recalling about 115 vehicles over a problem with the tires.

Campaign
01V365000
Manufacturer
GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
Reported
4 December 2001
Vehicles
115
Built between
Feb 2001 – Jun 2001
Models
2
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
20 February 2002
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between February 2001 and June 2001. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2001 Chevrolet C6H042Built February 2001 to June 2001
  • 2001 GMC C6H042Built February 2001 to June 2001

What the defect is

Vehicle description: certain medium duty conventional trucks equipped with eaton 19060S single speed rear axles and michelin 245/70R19.5G xze tires on the rear wheels fail to comply with FMVSS no. 120, "tire selection and rims for motor vehicles other than passenger cars." the tire markings do not show adequate load capacity to meet the vehicle drive axle gawr as shown on the vehicle placard.

What gets fixed

MICHELIN WILL REPLACE THE TIRES ON ALL AFFECTED VEHICLES. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN FEBRUARY 20, 2002.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtFebruary 2001 to June 2001
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA4 December 2001
  3. Owners notified20 February 2002

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 4 December 2001.

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.

Manufacturer contact

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 michelin at 1-800-887-0662.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
01074
Recalling manufacturer
GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
Safety standard
FMVSS 120
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

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.

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