General Motors Corp.: Electrical System › 12v/24v/48v Battery
General Motors Corp. reported this defect to federal regulators on Mar 3, 2000 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 489. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: GENERATION 1 ELECTRIC PASSENGER VEHICLES. THESE VEHICLES WERE BUILT WITH A CHARGE PORT ASSEMBLY THAT COULD FAIL DURING A CHARGING EVENT.
The risk
HEAT COULD BUILD UP WITHIN THE CHARGE PORT AND A FIRE COULD RESULT.
The remedy
THESE PASSENGER VEHICLES WERE REPURCHASED BY SATURN/GM.
1 model year covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 Saturn EV1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 00V069100.
Full record for the 1997 Saturn EV1 → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →