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3 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.
General Motors is recalling specific 1997-2004 Chevrolet, Buick, Pontiac, and Oldsmobile vehicles because engine oil may drip onto the hot exhaust manifold, posing a fire risk.
General Motors is recalling specific 2004 Buick, Chevrolet, and Pontiac vehicles because a leaking valve cover gasket may cause engine oil to drip onto the exhaust manifold, increasing the risk of a fire.
General Motors is recalling 5,877,718 vehicles from 1997-2008 because the ignition switch may move out of the run position, preventing airbags from deploying in a crash.
Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.
2 trims tested for 2004; overall ratings can differ by trim.
View on NHTSA.govSource: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.
Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.
1,451 manufacturer service bulletins across 16 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.
This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.
Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.