Recall 00V054000: 2000 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 and 1 other model

Report received

Feb 28, 2000

Manufacturer

General motors corp.

Potentially affected

1,462vehicles

Model years

2000

Check your own vehicle. A recall applies only to vehicles within the affected build range. Enter your VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls. Recall repairs are free at a franchised dealer.

What NHTSA recorded

Vehicle description: chassis cabs. The tapered hole in the drag link end that attaches to the pitman arm tapered ball stud may be machined too deep causing the hole to be oversized. A drag link with an oversized hole may not "seat" the pitman arm tapered ball when assembled. This could cause higher than normal friction between components during operation, and possibly result in joint separation or a broken ball stud.

Possible consequence

If the joint separated or the ball stud brake while the vehicle was moving, steering control would be lost.

Remedy

Dealers will inspect the steering linkage assembly and, if necessary, replace the drag link and the pitman arm.

Affected model years

Pages for each model year show complaints, parts, mileage and other recalls.

• 2000 Chevrolet Silverado 350080 complaints
• 2000 GMC Sierra 350026 complaints