General Motors LLC: Fuel System, Gasoline › Delivery › Fuel Pump
General Motors LLC reported this defect to federal regulators on Sep 19, 2012 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 49,768. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
General Motors (GM) is recalling certain model year 2007 Chevrolet Equinox and Pontiac Torrent vehicles originally sold or currently registered in Arizona, California, Nevada, and Texas; model year 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt, Pontiac G5, and Saturn ION vehicles originally sold, or currently registered in, Arizona, California, Florida, Nevada, or Texas; model year 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt and Pontiac G5 vehicles originally sold, or currently registered in, Arizona; and model year 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt and Pontiac G5 vehicles originally sold, or currently registered in, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Nevada, Oklahoma, or Texas. Some of these vehicles have a condition in which the plastic supply or return port on the fuel pump module may crack, which could cause a fuel leak.
The risk
Fuel leakage in the presence of an ignition source may result in a fire.
The remedy
GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the fuel pump module, free of charge. Notification to owners began on on November 21, 2012. Owners were instructed to not bring their vehicles in for repair until January 2013. Owners may contact General Motors at 1-800-521-7300.
9 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt | 710 | 6 | 7 | 59 |
| 2009 Pontiac G5 | 76 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt | 845 | 5 | 14 | 76 |
| 2008 Pontiac G5 | 115 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt | 1,564 | 6 | 16 | 116 |
| 2007 Chevrolet Equinox | 685 | 4 | 6 | 11 |
| 2007 Pontiac G5 | 188 | 6 | 2 | 16 |
| 2007 Pontiac Torrent | 243 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2007 Saturn Ion | 876 | 7 | 0 | 38 |
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 12V459000.
Full record for the 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →