NHTSA Campaign 11V308000
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
NHTSA campaign 11V308000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the air bags: side/window. The repair is free.
GENERAL MOTORS LLC filed the report for 11V308000 with NHTSA on June 3, 2011; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 11V308000, NHTSA lists up to 47,401 potentially affected vehicles, built between June 2, 2010 and April 29, 2011.
The 11V308000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 11V308000 were scheduled from June 22, 2011, 19 days after the report.
11V308000 covers 1 model from Cadillac, model years 2011.
By potentially affected vehicles, 11V308000 ranks 7 of 24 GENERAL MOTORS LLC recalls on this site.
Besides 11V308000, GENERAL MOTORS LLC has 2 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 11V308000 was 10V644000, reported on December 17, 2010.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- GENERAL MOTORS IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2011 CADILLAC SRX PASSENGER VEHICLES FOR FAILING TO CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO 208, "OCCUPANT CRASH PROTECTION." THE AIRBAGS ARE PROGRAMMED TO TURN OFF THE RIGHT SIDE ROOF-RAIL AIRBAG IF THE PASSENGER SENSING SYSTEM DETERMINES THAT THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER SEAT IS UNOCCUPIED.
- The risk
- THE RIGHT REAR OCCUPANT MAY NOT BE PROTECTED AND SUFFER INJURIES IN CERTAIN FRONTAL AND SIDE CRASHES.
- The fix
- GM DEALERS WILL REPROGRAM THE SENSING AND DIAGNOSTIC MODULE FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ON OR ABOUT JUNE 17, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CADILLAC AT 1-866-982-2339 AND AT THE OWNER CENTER AT WWW.GMOWNERCENTER.COM .
- Notes
- GM'S RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER IS 11162.
Reported June 3, 2011
Vehicles covered by 11V308000 (1)
Cadillac (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 11V308000, not that your own vehicle does: a campaign covers a range of VINs. A VIN check on NHTSA's lookup shows whether it is.
Newest record on this page: June 3, 2011. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted