# NHTSA recall 15V201000

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: 15V201000
- Manufacturer's number: 14574
- Manufacturer: General Motors LLC
- Reported: 2015\-04\-06
- Owners notified: 2015\-04\-24
- Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
- Units potentially affected: 330742

## What is wrong

General Motors LLC \(GM\) notified the agency on April 2, 2015, that they are is recalling certain model year 2004 Buick Regal vehicles manufactured April 9, 2003, to June 1, 2003, 2004 Chevrolet Impala vehicles manufactured April 8, 2003, to June 23, 2003, and 2004 Chevrolet Monte Carlo vehicles manufactured April 7, 2003, to June 23, 2003.  On May 18, 2015, GM expanded the recall to cover an additional 49,751 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix vehicles manufactured January 6, 2003, to June 25, 2004.  In the affected vehicles, the valve cover gasket may leak.


## What can happen

The leaking engine oil can drip onto the hot surface of the exhaust manifold, increasing the risk of a fire.


## The remedy

GM will notify owners, and dealers will remove the plastic cover and plastic oil fill tube extension and replace the front valve cover and gasket.  These repairs will be done free of charge.  The recall began on April 24, 2015.  Owners may contact Buick customer service at 1\-800\-521\-7300, Pontiac customer service at 1\-800\-762\-2737 or Chevrolet customer service at 1\-800\-222\-1020.  GM's number for this recall is 14574.


## Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), or go to www.safercar.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 6, for 2016 quarter 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2016\-10\-24
- Vehicles in the campaign: 330742
- Reported remedied: 84136 \(25%\)
- Reported unreachable: 17
- Reported removed: 57371

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2016 quarter 3, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2004 BUICK REGAL](/makes/buick/regal/2004/recalls.md). Built 2003\-04\-09 to 2004\-06\-01.
- [2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA](/makes/chevrolet/impala/2004/recalls.md). Built 2003\-04\-08 to 2004\-06\-23.
- [2004 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO](/makes/chevrolet/monte-carlo/2004/recalls.md). Built 2003\-04\-07 to 2004\-06\-23.
- [2004 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX](/makes/pontiac/grand-prix/2004/recalls.md). Built 2003\-01\-06 to 2004\-06\-25.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [16\-NA\-383](/bulletins/11004761.md), 2024-07-16, Service bulletin
- [16\-NA\-383](/bulletins/10251890.md), 2024-03-19, Service bulletin
- [22\-NA\-074](/bulletins/10250775.md), 2024-02-29, Service bulletin
- [PI1394B](/bulletins/10249579.md), 2024-02-02, Service bulletin
- [130089009](/bulletins/10246631.md), 2023-12-11, Service bulletin
- [03\-00\-91\-001I](/bulletins/10245395.md), 2023-11-22, Service bulletin
- [23\-NA\-153](/bulletins/10242843.md), 2023-09-26, Service bulletin
- [PIP5628G](/bulletins/10242298.md), 2023-09-18, Service bulletin
- [18\-NA\-073](/bulletins/10242262.md), 2023-09-15, Service bulletin
- [PIP5628F](/bulletins/10236164.md), 2023-05-15, 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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