NHTSA Manufacturer Communications 616376
Original text and source
Original text
GENERAL MOTORS HAS DECIDED THAT A DEFECT WHICH RELATES TO MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY EXISTS IN CERTAIN VEHICLES. SOME OF THESE VEHICLES HAVE LOOSE OR MISSING REAR WHEELHOUSE PLUGS. UNDER CERTAIN VEHICLE OPERATING CONDITIONS, EXHAUST GASES CAN FLOW FORWARD AND ACCUMULATE IN THE REAR WHEELHOUSE. THESE EXHAUST GASES COULD FLOW INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT IF THE WHEELHOUSE PLUG IS MISSING OR LOOSE AND MAY CAUSE POSSIBLE ILLNESS, UNCONSCIOUSNESS, OR DEATH. *TT
Source
- Source
- NHTSA Manufacturer Communications — Communication from a manufacturer to dealers (summary published by a government agency)
- Reporter type
- Manufacturer
- Source reference
- 616376
- Country / market
- US
- Language
- en
- Document version
- Version 1 (1 held)
- Note on the source
- US federal government dataset of communications manufacturers sent to dealers. NHTSA publishes a summary of each communication, not its full text.
Dates
- Incident date
- Unknown
- Received by source
- 2001-02-23
- Added to the source's file
- 2001-02-23
- Issued / published
- 2000-11-01
- First observed
- 2026-10-05 03:49 UTC (initial bulk load)
- This version fetched
- 2026-10-05 03:49 UTC