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2009 Chevrolet AVALANCHE Electrical System Recall


NHTSA Recall #	86844
NHTSA Compaign #	10V240000
MFG Compaign #
Manufacturer	GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
Supplier	CHEVROLET
Brand	CHEVROLET
Model	AVALANCHE
Model Year	2009
Component	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Date of notification	11/06/10
Begin date of manufacuring	04/12/24
End date of manufacturing	04/12/24
Type of recall	V
Recall initiator	MFR
Report received	04/06/10
Report created	04/06/10
Regulation part number
FMV safety standard number
Estimated number of affected units	1365070
Defect summary	Gm is recalling certain model year 2006-2009 buick, lucerne; cadillac dts; hummer h2; model year 2008-2009 buick enclave; cadillac cts; model year 2007-2009 cadillac escalade, escalade esv, escalade ext; chevrolet avalanche, silverado, suburban, tahoe; gmc acadia, sierra, yukon, yukon xl; saturn outlook; and model year 2009 chevrolet traverse vehicles equipped with a heated washer fluid system (hwfs). A recall was implemented in 2008 to add a fuse to the control circuit harness to address the potential consequences of a printed circuit board (pcb) electrical short. However, there have been new reports of thermal incidents on hwfs modules after this improvement was installed. These incidents resulted from a new failure mode attributed to the device's thermal protection feature. The significance varies from minor distortion to considerable melting of the plastic around the hwfs fluid chamber.
Consequence summary	It is possible for the heated washer module to ignite and a fire may occur.
Corrective action	Dealers will permanently disable and remove the heated washer fluid module. An updated page for the owner manual will be provided and inserted in the owner manual to document that the feature has been permanently disabled and removed from the vehicle. The safety recall began on june 11, 2010. Owners may contact buick at 1-866-608-8080, cadillac at 1-866-982-2339, chevrolet at 1-800-630-2438, saturn at 1-800-972-8876, gmc at 1-866-996-9463 and hummer at 1-800-732-5493 or at the owner center at www. Gmownercenter. Com.
Recall notes	Owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www. Safercar. Gov .

What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
What is Failure?
Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2009 Chevrolet AVALANCHE Electrical System Recall

2009 Chevrolet AVALANCHE Electrical System Recall

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