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NHTSA recall 99V197000

Fuel system, gasoline › Storage › Tank assembly

Saturn LS

Reported Jul 26, 19991,300 vehicles affectedGENERAL MOTORS CORP.Maker’s number 99042/00-C-01Built May 1, 1999 – Jul 20, 1999

The defect

Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. these vehicles do not comply with requirements of fmvss no. 301, "fuel system integrity." these vehicles may have been produced with an inoperative valve within the fuel tank assembly.

The risk

If a vehicle with an inoperative valve were involved in a rollover, fuel spillage could occur.

The remedy

Dealers will inspect the vehicles to ensure that the fuel tank assembly valve IS operating as intended. they will replace the fuel tank assembly if necessary.

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Vehicles in this recall

Saturn LS
2000

Notes

Owner notification began july 23, 1999.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 saturn at 1-800-553-6000, prompt 3. Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).