Recall - Certification/Tire Label Non-Compliance: Overview
Subject:F/CMVSS Noncompliance - Certification/Tire Label Missing Information
# 06079 - (10/31/2006)
Models:
2006 Cadillac SRX
2007 Cadillac Escalade EXT
2006 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Reg Cab
2007 Chevrolet Avalanche 1500, Colorado Crew Cab 2WD, Colorado Ext Cab 4WD
2006 GMC Sierra 1500 Reg Cab
2007 GMC Canyon Reg Cab, Canyon Crew Cab, Canyon Ext Cab 4WD
The service procedure in this bulletin (install a label) can be performed quickly and easily. To reduce the inconvenience to the customer, if a customer brings their vehicle and their labels into your dealership for installation, have this recall performed on the vehicle immediately if possible so that the customer does not have to leave their vehicle at the dealership.
Condition
General Motors has decided that certain 2006 Cadillac SRX; 2007 Cadillac Escalade EXT; 2006 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Reg Cab; 2007 Chevrolet Avalanche 1500, Colorado Crew Cab 2WD, Colorado Ext Cab 4WD; 2006 GMC Sierra 1500 Reg Cab; and 2007 GMC Canyon Reg Cab, Canyon Crew Cab, and Canyon Ext Cab 4WD vehicles fail to conform to Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 110, and Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (CMVSS) 120 for displaying the tire rim designation. These vehicles have an incomplete tire rim designation on the Certification/Tire Label located on the driver's door edge. If a customer replaces a wheel and only relies on the rim size designation that is indicated on the label, a wheel that is of a different rim contour designation and therefore not recommended for use may be installed. If a customer replaces a wheel with one that has a rim contour that is inappropriate for use with the tires on the vehicle, the mounting of the tire to the wheel and/or the tire/wheel assembly may not perform as designed/intended.
In addition, there are three vehicles that are also missing the tire load rating on the label. Although this information is not required by the Standard, if a tire of a lesser load rating than the original tire is installed on the vehicle, the tire may not be able to sustain the loads encountered during use.
Correction
Dealers are to install a new partial label over the existing label. Because this label can easily be installed by the customer, and to reduce their inconvenience, corrected labels and application instructions will be mailed to customers of record. Dealers will receive labels for installation on the vehicles in inventory.
This recall will expire December 31, 2006.
Vehicles Involved
Important:
Dealers are to confirm vehicle eligibility prior to beginning repairs by using GMVIS. Not all vehicles within the above breakpoints may be involved.
For dealers with involved vehicles, a listing with involved vehicles containing the complete vehicle identification number, customer name, and address information has been prepared and will be provided through the applicable system listed below. Dealers will not have a report available if they have no involved vehicles currently assigned.
-- US dealers - GM DealerWorld Recall Information
-- Canadian dealers - GMinfoNet Recall Reports
The listing may contain customer names and addresses obtained from Motor Vehicle Registration Records. The use of such motor vehicle registration data for any purpose other than follow-up necessary to complete this recall is a violation of law in several states/provinces/countries. Accordingly, you are urged to limit the use of this report to the follow-up necessary to complete this recall.
Parts Information
Service Procedure
1. Open the driver's door.
2. Locate the Certification/Tire Label. The label is located on the driver's door edge and should look like one of two labels in the above illustration.
3. Ensure that the current label and surrounding area is clean and dry. Use a non-oil based cleaner, preferably isopropyl alcohol.
4. Remove the backing from the new label.
5. Carefully align the new label (1) over the matching text on the current label.
6. Apply the label and smooth the label from the center out.
7. Close the door.
Claim Information
Submit a Product Recall claim with the information shown.
Dealer Recall Responsibility - For US
The US National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act provides that each vehicle that is subject to a recall of this type must be adequately repaired within a reasonable time after the customer has tendered it for repair. A failure to repair within sixty days after tender of a vehicle is prima facie evidence of failure to repair within a reasonable time. If the condition is not adequately repaired within a reasonable time, the customer may be entitled to an identical or reasonably equivalent vehicle at no charge or to a refund of the purchase price less a reasonable allowance for depreciation. To avoid having to provide these burdensome remedies, every effort must be made to promptly schedule an appointment with each customer and to repair their vehicle as soon as possible. In the recall notification letters, customers are told how to contact the US Nation Highway Traffic Safety Administration if the recall is not completed within a reasonable time.
This bulletin is notice to you that the new motor vehicles included in this recall may not comply with the standard identified above. Under Title 49, Section 30112 of the United States Code it is illegal for a dealer to sell a new motor vehicle which the dealer knows does not comply with an applicable Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard. As a consequence if you sell any of these motor vehicles without first performing the recall correction your dealership may he subject to a civil penalty for each such sale.
Dealer Resonsibility - All
All unsold new vehicles in dealers' possession and subject to this recall must be held and inspected/repaired per the service procedure of this recall bulletin before customers take possession of these vehicles.
Dealers are to service all vehicles subject to this recall at no charge to customers, regardless of mileage, age of vehicle, or ownership, from this time forward.
Customers who have recently purchased vehicles sold from your vehicle inventory, and for which there is no customer information indicated on the dealer listing, are to be contacted by the dealer. Arrangements are to be made to make the required correction according to the instructions contained in this bulletin. A copy of the customer letter is shown in this bulletin for your use in contacting customers. Recall follow-up cards should not be used for this purpose, since the customer may not as yet have received the notification letter.
In summary, whenever a vehicle subject to this recall enters your vehicle inventory, or is in your dealership for service through December 31, 2006, you must take the steps necessary to be sure the recall correction has been made before selling or releasing the vehicle.
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