NHTSA Campaign 12V459000

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP

Issued by General Motors LLC · Reported Sep 19, 2012 · 49,768 vehicles affected

What's wrong

General Motors (GM) is recalling certain model year 2007 Chevrolet Equinox and Pontiac Torrent vehicles originally sold or currently registered in Arizona, California, Nevada, and Texas; model year 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt, Pontiac G5, and Saturn ION vehicles originally sold, or currently registered in, Arizona, California, Florida, Nevada, or Texas; model year 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt and Pontiac G5 vehicles originally sold, or currently registered in, Arizona; and model year 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt and Pontiac G5 vehicles originally sold, or currently registered in, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Nevada, Oklahoma, or Texas. Some of these vehicles have a condition in which the plastic supply or return port on the fuel pump module may crack, which could cause a fuel leak.

Consequence

Fuel leakage in the presence of an ignition source may result in a fire.

Remedy

GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the fuel pump module, free of charge. Notification to owners began on on November 21, 2012. Owners were instructed to not bring their vehicles in for repair until January 2013. Owners may contact General Motors at 1-800-521-7300.

Vehicles affected by this recall

Make Model Year Units
CHEVROLET COBALT 2007 49,768
CHEVROLET COBALT 2008 49,768
CHEVROLET COBALT 2009 49,768
CHEVROLET EQUINOX 2007 49,768
PONTIAC G5 2007 49,768
PONTIAC G5 2008 49,768
PONTIAC G5 2009 49,768
PONTIAC TORRENT 2007 49,768
SATURN ION 2007 49,768

Source: NHTSA Campaign 12V459000 on nhtsa.gov. To check the current repair status for a specific vehicle, use our free VIN decoder.