# NHTSA recall 09V073000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 09V073000
- Manufacturer's number: 09041
- Manufacturer: GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
- Reported: 2009\-03\-06
- Owners notified: 2009\-03\-15
- Component: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT
- Units potentially affected: 276729

## What is wrong

GENERAL MOTORS IS RECALLING 276,729 MY 2009 BUICK ENCLAVE, CHEVROLET COBALT, HHR, MALIBU, TRAVERSE, GMC ACADIA, PONTIAC G5, G6 AND SATURN AURA AND OUTLOOK PASSENGER VEHICLES.  THESE VEHICLES FAIL TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLES SAFETY STANDARD 102, "TRANSMISSION SHIFT POSITION SEQUENCE, STARTER INTERLOCK, AND TRANSMISSION BRAKING EFFECT", AND FMVSS 114, "THEFT PROTECTION AND ROLLAWAY PREVENTION".  ON SOME OF THESE VEHICLES, THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT CABLE ADJUSTMENT CLIP MAY NOT BE FULLY ENGAGED.  IF THE CLIP IS NOT FULLY ENGAGED, THE SHIFT LEVER AND THE ACTUAL POSITION OF THE TRANSMISSION GEAR MAY NOT MATCH.  WITH THIS CONDITION, THE DRIVE COULD MOVE THE SHIFTER TO "PARK" AND REMOVE THE IGNITION KEY, BUT THE TRANSMISSION GEAR MAY NOT BE IN "PARK".


## What can happen

THE DRIVER MAY NOT BE ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE COULD ROLL AWAY AFTER THE DRIVER HAS EXITED THE VEHICLE, RESULTING IN A POSSIBLE CRASH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.


## The remedy

DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND ENSURE THAT THE SHIFT CABLE ADJUSTMENT CLIP IS FULLY ENGAGED.  IN THE EVENT THAT THE CLIP DOES NOT ENGAGE, THE SHIFT CABLE WILL BE REPLACED FREE OF CHARGE.  THE RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ON OR BEFORE MARCH 24, 2009.  OWNERS MAY CONTACT BUICK AT 1\-866\-608\-8080, CHEVROLET AT 1\-800\-630\-2438, GMC AT 1\-866\-996\-9463, PONTIAC AT 1\-800\-620\-7668 AND SATURN AT 1\-800\-972\-8876 OR AT WWW.GMOWNERCENTER.COM.


## Notes

GENERAL MOTORS RECALL NO. 09041.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 \<A HREF=HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV\>HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV\</A\> .


## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2009 BUICK ENCLAVE](/makes/buick/enclave/2009/recalls.md)
- [2009 CHEVROLET COBALT](/makes/chevrolet/cobalt/2009/recalls.md)
- [2009 CHEVROLET HHR](/makes/chevrolet/hhr/2009/recalls.md)
- [2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU](/makes/chevrolet/malibu/2009/recalls.md)
- [2009 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE](/makes/chevrolet/traverse/2009/recalls.md)
- [2009 GMC ACADIA](/makes/gmc/acadia/2009/recalls.md)
- [2009 PONTIAC G5](/makes/pontiac/g5/2009/recalls.md)
- [2009 PONTIAC G6](/makes/pontiac/g6/2009/recalls.md)
- [2009 SATURN AURA](/makes/saturn/aura/2009/recalls.md)
- [2009 SATURN OUTLOOK](/makes/saturn/outlook/2009/recalls.md)

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [06\-00\-89\-031D](/bulletins/10201098.md), 2021-09-07, Service bulletin
- [06\-00\-89\-031D](/bulletins/10190503.md), 2021-04-20, Service bulletin
- [150089004C](/bulletins/10188403.md), 2021-03-08, Service bulletin
- [1308116001F](/bulletins/10183782.md), 2020-12-07, Service bulletin
- [080730026F](/bulletins/10165123.md), 2019-09-23, Service bulletin
- [19NA134](/bulletins/10163250.md), 2019-07-29, Service bulletin
- [PI0602A](/bulletins/10139055.md), 2018-06-04, Service bulletin
- [09\-07\-30\-018D](/bulletins/10139036.md), 2018-06-04, Service bulletin
- [08\-05\-22\-009D](/bulletins/10138704.md), 2018-05-29, Service bulletin
- [01\-00\-89\-010J](/bulletins/10138197.md), 2018-05-21, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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