- Vehicles
- 1,218,387
- Built between
- Not published
- Models
- 28
- Recall type
- Vehicle
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- 18 February 1974
- Repaired
- Not reported
- Unrepaired
- Not reported
Does this affect my vehicle?
The manufacturer did not publish a build-date range for this recall, so the model and year list below is the only way to tell whether your vehicle is covered.
- 1973-1974 Buick Apollo
- 1973 Buick Century
- 1973 Buick Regal
- 1973-1974 Chevrolet Belair
- 1973-1974 Chevrolet Biscayne
- 1973-1974 Chevrolet Blazer
- 1973-1974 Chevrolet C10
- 1973-1974 Chevrolet Camaro
- 1973 Chevrolet Caprice
- 1973 Chevrolet EL Camino
- 1973-1974 Chevrolet G10
- 1973-1974 Chevrolet G20
- 1973-1974 Chevrolet Impala
- 1973-1974 Chevrolet K10
- 1973 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
- 1973-1974 Chevrolet Nova
- 1973-1974 Chevrolet P10
- 1973-1974 GMC C1500
- 1973-1974 GMC G1500
- 1973 GMC G2500
- 1973-1974 GMC K1500
- 1973-1974 GMC P1500
- 1973 GMC Sprint
- 1973 Oldsmobile Cutlass
- 1973-1974 Oldsmobile Omega
- 1973-1974 Pontiac Firebird
- 1973-1974 Pontiac Lemans
- 1973-1974 Pontiac Ventura
Timeline
- Recall reported to NHTSA15 February 1974
- Owners notified18 February 1974
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 15 February 1974.
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
- 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
Oldsmobile campaign no 74-C-5.BUICK campaign no 73-C-3.GMC truck campaignno 74-C-06.CHEVROLET campaign no 74-C-11.PONTIAC campaign no 74-C-5.POSSIBILITY that the single diaphragm brake vacuum power booster was assembledwith demensional descrepancies in the vacuum power booster housing which mayreduce the torque required to unlock the front half of the housing from therear half.if this condition exists, the low unlocking torque coupled withother variations in the assembly may cause housing to rotate and disengage fromthe locking tabs resulting in separation of the two halves of the booster andcomplete loss of brakes.(correct by inspecting and staking the housing at twopoints to preclude rotation of the housing.
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.