# NHTSA recall 09V392000

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: 09V392000
- Manufacturer's number: 09199
- Manufacturer: GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
- Reported: 2009\-08\-31
- Owners notified: 2009\-10\-23
- Component: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:VACUUM
- Units potentially affected: 10119

## What is wrong

GENERAL MOTORS IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2009\-2010 PONTIAC VIBE VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 1.8L ENGINE AND ORIGINALLY SOLD IN OR CURRENTLY REGISTERED IN THE STATES OF ALASKA, COLORADO, IDAHO, ILLINOIS, IOWA, KANSAS, MAINE, MICHIGAN, MINNESOTA, MONTANA, NEBRASKA, NEVADA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW YORK, NORTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA, VERMONT, WISCONSIN, AND WYOMING.  WHEN DRIVING UNDER CERTAIN UNIQUE CONDITIONS IN EXTREMELY LOW AMBIENT TEMPERATURES, THE INTAKE MANIFOLD SUCTION PORT FOR THE BRAKE VACUUM CAN BECOME LOCKED DUE TO THE FREEZING OF CONDENSATION RESULTING FROM POSITIVE CRANKCASE VENTILATION.


## What can happen

THIS COULD LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN VEHICLE STOPPING DISTANCE AND A CRASH COULD OCCUR.


## The remedy

DEALERS WILL MODIFY THE BRAKE VACUUM LINE FREE OF CHARGE.  A SPECIAL ADVISORY LETTER WILL BE SENT TO OWNERS OF VEHICLES REGISTERED IN ALL OTHER STATES IN THE SAME TIME FRAME.  THE SAFETY RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ON OR BEFORE OCTOBER 23, 2009.  OWNERS MAY CONTACT PONTIAC AT 1\-800\-620\-7668 OR AT THE OWNER CENTER AT WWW.GMOWNERCENTER.COM.


## Notes

GM RECALL NO.09199.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 PONTIAC VIBE](/makes/pontiac/vibe/2009/recalls.md). Built 2008\-01\-07 to 2009\-07\-23.
- [2010 PONTIAC VIBE](/makes/pontiac/vibe/2010/recalls.md). Built 2008\-01\-07 to 2009\-07\-23.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [PIP5596A](/bulletins/10253061.md), 2024-04-15, Service bulletin
- [15\-00\-89\-004E](/bulletins/10222777.md), 2022-10-11, Service bulletin
- [PIP4723F](/bulletins/10208027.md), 2022-02-14, Service bulletin
- [PIT3271J](/bulletins/10168960.md), 2019-12-09, Service bulletin
- [00\-05\-22\-002N](/bulletins/10139080.md), 2018-06-04, Service bulletin
- [01\-00\-89\-010J](/bulletins/10138197.md), 2018-05-21, Service bulletin
- [00\-05\-22\-002O](/bulletins/10135410.md), 2018-05-07, Service bulletin
- [16\-NA\-223](/bulletins/10126062.md), 2017-12-22, Service bulletin
- [99\-04\-20\-002I](/bulletins/10114262.md), 2017-08-15, Service bulletin
- [00\-05\-22\-002O](/bulletins/10113770.md), 2017-08-15, 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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