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Chevrolet - General motors

Official notice

14 Feb 2011

Last checked

14 Feb 2011

Critical riskHealth Canada

An official Health Canada notice concerns Chevrolet - General motors. Certain vehicles were built with heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) control knobs that may fracture and spin on the control shaft. If this happens, the driver may no longer be able to control the heating, cooling, and ventilation for the vehicle. This may affect the defrost system, decreasing driver visibility, and creating the risk of a crash causing property damage, personal injury or death. Correction: Dealers will replace all HVAC control knobs. Published 2011-02-14.

What to do now

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Recall number

71904

Official notice

2011-02-14

The hazard

Certain vehicles were built with heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) control knobs that may fracture and spin on the control shaft. If this happens, the driver may no longer be able to control the heating, cooling, and ventilation for the vehicle. This may affect the defrost system, decreasing driver visibility, and creating the risk of a crash causing property damage, personal injury or death. Correction: Dealers will replace all HVAC control knobs.

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Recall Numbers

71904

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Affected products

Product 1

Year: 2009, Make: CHEVROLET, Model: EXPRESS

Product 2

Year: 2009, Make: GMC, Model: SAVANA

Product 3

Year: 2010, Make: CHEVROLET, Model: EXPRESS

Product 4

Year: 2010, Make: GMC, Model: SAVANA

Risk / hazard

Certain vehicles were built with heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) control knobs that may fracture and spin on the control shaft. If this happens, the driver may no longer be able to control the heating, cooling, and ventilation for the vehicle. This may affect the defrost system, decreasing driver visibility, and creating the risk of a crash causing property damage, personal injury or death. Correction: Dealers will replace all HVAC control knobs.

Where it was sold

The source does not list specific retailers. See the official notice for where affected products were sold.

Location 1

CA · Canada

Affected area 1

CA · Canada

Company & contacts

Manufacturer

Not provided

Phone

Not provided

Brand: Chevrolet, GMC, General Motors.

Source & status

Source

Health Canada

Tier

official

Category

VEHICLES

App estimate

critical

Recall details

Recall number

71904

Source tier

official

Documents, notices & source

See the official notice and source documents for full details.

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