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1972 BUICK LESABRE Recall
| NHTSA Campaign Number: |
73V013000 |
| Vehicle/Equipment Make: |
BUICK |
| Vehicle/Eqipment Model: |
LESABRE |
| Model Year: |
1972 |
| Mfg Campaign Number: |
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| Mfg Component Desc: |
STRUCTURE: FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS |
| Mfg Involved in Recall: |
GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| Manufacture Dates: |
08-01-70 through 07-01-72 |
| Type of Report: |
(V) Vehicle |
| Potential # of Units Affected: |
3,707,064 |
| Date Owner Notified by Mfg: |
02-06-73 |
| Recall Initiated By: |
ODI |
| Mfg Responsible for Recall: |
GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| Report Recieved Date: |
01-24-73 |
| Record Creation Date: |
10-12-79 |
| Regulation Part Number: |
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| FMVSS Number: |
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| Defect Summary: |
THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS THAT DRIVING ON UNPAVED ROAD SURFACES, PARTICULARLY ROADS WHICH ARE HEAVILY GRAVELED AND WHICH ARE EXTREMELY WAVY OR FILLED WITH CHUCKHOLES, AT SPEEDS WHICH CAUSE THE CAR TO PITCH EXCESSIVELY, THE FRONT CROSSMEMBER MAY SCOOP UP LOOSE STONES OR GRAVEL AND COULD BE THROWN INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. IT IS POSSIBLE FOR ONE OF THESE STONES TO LODGE BETWEEN THE STEERING COUPLING AND THE FRAME AND CAUSE INCREASED STEERING EFFORT OR INTERFERENCE WITH STEERING CONTROL OF THE CAR WHEN STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED TO THE LEFT. |
| Consequence Summary: |
INCREASED STEERING EFFORT OR INTERFERENCE WITH STEERINGCONTROL MAY LEAD TO LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND AN ACCIDENT. |
| Corrective Summary: |
INSPECT AND INSTALL SHIELD ON AFFECTED VEHICLES. |
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1972 BUICK LESABRE Recall - Recall ID 13288 for BUICK LESABRE STRUCTURE: FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS
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