# NHTSA recall 10V138000

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: 10V138000
- Manufacturer's number: 10216
- Manufacturer: GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
- Reported: 2010\-04\-06
- Owners notified: 2010\-04\-12
- Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
- Units potentially affected: 4485

## What is wrong

GENERAL MOTORS HAS NOTIFIED NHTSA OF A DEFECT IN CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2010 CHEVROLET EXPRESS AND GMC SAVANA VANS 2500, 3500 AND 4500 SERIES.  SOME OF THESE VEHICLES HAVE A CONDITION IN WHICH THE GENERATOR MAY DEVELOP A LOW RESISTANCE SHORT WITHIN THE VOLTAGE REGULATOR.


## What can happen

THE LOW RESISTANCE SHORT COULD EVENTUALLY GENERATE ENOUGH HEAT TO RESULT IN AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE.


## The remedy

DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND REPLACE ANY SUSPECT GENERATORS IF NECESSARY FREE OF CHARGE.  THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON APRIL 12, 2010.  OWNERS MAY CONTACT CHEVROLET AT 1\-800\-630\-2438 AND GMC AT 1\-866\-996\-9463 OR AT THE OWNER CENTER AT WWW.GMOWNERCENTER.COM.


## Notes

GM RECALL NO. 10216. 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

- [2010 CHEVROLET EXPRESS](/makes/chevrolet/express/2010/recalls.md). Built 2010\-02\-01 to 2010\-03\-20.
- [2010 GMC SAVANA](/makes/gmc/savana/2010/recalls.md). Built 2010\-02\-01 to 2010\-03\-20.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [PI1404](/bulletins/10113512.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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