NHTSA Campaign 11V404000
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
NHTSA campaign 11V404000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the electronic stability control (esc). The repair is free.
GENERAL MOTORS LLC filed the report for 11V404000 with NHTSA on August 3, 2011; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 11V404000, NHTSA lists up to 4,077 potentially affected vehicles, built between June 9, 2011 and July 2, 2011.
The 11V404000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 11V404000 were scheduled from August 12, 2011, 9 days after the report.
11V404000 covers 1 model from Buick, model years 2012.
Owners of the model years 11V404000 covers have filed at least 25 complaints naming the electronic stability control (esc), about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 11V404000 ranks 20 of 24 GENERAL MOTORS LLC recalls on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- GM IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2012 BUICK LACROSSE PASSENGER VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM JUNE 9, 2011, THROUGH JULY 2, 2011, FOR FAILING TO CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 126, "ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL SYSTEMS (ESC)." THE STABILITRAK SYSTEM HAS AN INCORRECT CALIBRATION THAT MAY CAUSE THE SYSTEM TO NOT PROPERLY DETECT IF A SENSOR WERE TO MALFUNCTION, AND THE WARNING LIGHT INDICATING THAT THE SYSTEM IS NOT OPERATING WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE, AS REQUIRED IN THE SAFETY STANDARD.
- The risk
- THE IMPROPER DIAGNOSING MAY CAUSE THE ESC TO FALSELY ACTIVATE, RESULTING IN SUDDEN CHANGES IN VEHICLE HANDLING AND DECELERATION, PARTICULARLY AT HIGHER SPEEDS, WHICH MAY CAUSE THE DRIVER DIFFICULTY IN MAINTAINING THE VEHICLE'S DESIRED PATH OF TRAVEL AND DESIRED VEHICLE SPEED, AND COULD RESULT IN A CRASH WITHOUT WARNING.
- The fix
- GM DEALERS WILL REPROGRAM THE ELECTRONIC BRAKE CONTROL MODULE FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT BUICK AT 1-866-608-8080.
- Notes
- GM'S SAFETY RECALL NUMBER IS 11222.
Reported August 3, 2011
Vehicles covered by 11V404000 (1)
Buick (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 11V404000, 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: August 3, 2011. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted