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General recall 10V450: Model Year 2010 Cadillac SRX

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Cadillac Srx, model year 2010. Filed by General Motors Corp. and reported to NHTSA on 30 September 2010. 3,459 vehicles potentially affected.

What the notice says General motors is recalling certain model year 2010 cadillac srx vehicles equipped with 2.8l gas engines (lau) or 3.0l gas engines (lf1). some of these vehicles have a condition in which processing of the crimp during manufacture of the power steering pressure line may have damaged the line. if the line was damaged, a …

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What owners ask about this recall

Which vehicles does recall 10V450 cover?
Cadillac SRX, model year 2010.
What is wrong with them?
GENERAL MOTORS IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2010 CADILLAC SRX VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 2.8L GAS ENGINES (LAU) OR 3.0L GAS ENGINES (LF1). SOME OF THESE VEHICLES HAVE A CONDITION IN WHICH PROCESSING OF THE CRIMP DURING MANUFACTURE OF THE POWER STEERING PRESSURE LINE MAY HAVE DAMAGED THE LINE.
What can happen if it is not put right?
IF POWER STEERING FLUID SPRAYS ONTO HOT ENGINE PARTS, AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE COULD OCCUR.
Is there a fix yet?
Yes, and it is free. DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND IF NECESSARY REPLACE THE POWER STEERING LINE FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON NOVEMBER 12, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CADILLAC AT 1-866-982-2339.
What should I do now?
Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on.

Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.

What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “IF POWER STEERING FLUID SPRAYS ONTO HOT ENGINE PARTS, AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE COULD OCCUR.”

3,459vehicles potentially
affected
1model named
in the notice
0rewrites we have
caught
reported 30 September 2010owners told 12 November 2010today
The defect reached the regulator on 30 September 2010. Owners were written to 43 days later, on 12 November 2010. The median across the 14,869 American recalls that carry both dates is 41 days, and nine in ten owners are written to within 107. This campaign took longer than most.
Campaign10V450
Filed byGENERAL MOTORS CORP.
System at faultSteering:Hydraulic Power Assist:Power Steering Fluid
Reported to NHTSA30 September 2010
Model years2010-2010
Vehicles namedCADILLAC SRX

What the notice says today

The consequence

IF POWER STEERING FLUID SPRAYS ONTO HOT ENGINE PARTS, AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE COULD OCCUR.

The remedy

DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND IF NECESSARY REPLACE THE POWER STEERING LINE FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON NOVEMBER 12, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CADILLAC AT 1-866-982-2339.

What it said before

This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.

This is one of 745 notices in the record whose component field names steering. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 39 days.

Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.

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