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Component: FUEL: FUEL TANK ASSEMBLY
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| ID: 96V234000 (1996 CHEVROLET TRUCK BLAZER) |
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| Updated |
Mar 17, 2005 19:41:50 |
| Rating |
 81 ( -4 -4.93% ) |
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Description:
Recall: 1996 Chevrolet Blazer
Component: FUEL:FUEL TANK ASSEMBLY
NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID Number: 96V234000
Manufacturer: GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
Potential Number of Units Affected: 432183Summary:
Vehicle Description: 4-door, 4-wheel drive and all-wheel drive multi-purpose
passenger vehicles. During development testing, the prop shaft contacted the
inboard side of the fuel tank allowing fuel leakage. This leakage was in excess
of the amount permitted by FMVSS 301, "Fuel System Integrity."
If an ignition source is present, and there is a fuel leak, a fire could occur.
Dealers will install additional shielding of the fuel tank. This will be added
without removing or disassembling the fuel system.
Owner Notification: Owner notification began during late November 1996.
NOTE: 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 Chevrolet at 1-800-222-1020, Oldsmobile at 1-800-442-6537, or GMC at
1-800-462-8782. Also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration''s Auto Safety Hotline at 1-800-424-9393.
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