NHTSA Campaign 12V224000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE
NHTSA campaign 12V224000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the electrical system: software. The repair is free.
GENERAL MOTORS LLC filed the report for 12V224000 with NHTSA on May 18, 2012; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 12V224000, NHTSA lists up to 4,304 potentially affected vehicles, built between October 24, 2011 and March 31, 2012.
The 12V224000 report reached NHTSA 2 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 12V224000 were scheduled from June 13, 2012, 26 days after the report.
12V224000 covers 1 model from Chevrolet, model years 2013.
Owners of the model years 12V224000 covers have filed at least 376 complaints naming the electrical system, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 12V224000 ranks 18 of 24 GENERAL MOTORS LLC recalls on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- GENERAL MOTORS (GM) IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2013 CHEVROLET MALIBU VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM OCTOBER 24, 2011, THROUGH MARCH 31, 2012. AFTER AN EVENT OF HARD BRAKING, THE SENSING AND DIAGNOSTIC MODULE (SDM) MAY RESET ITSELF.
- The risk
- IF THIS OCCURS DURING AN AGGRESSIVE TURNING MANEUVER, AND THEN AFTERWARDS A POTENTIAL VEHICLE ROLLOVER EVENT IS SENSED, THE ROOF RAIL AIRBAG MAY UNINTENTIONALLY DEPLOY. ADDITIONALLY, THE AIR BAGS AND/OR SEATBELT PRETENSIONERS MAY NOT DEPLOY DURING A SEVERE CRASH, INCREASING THE RISK OF PERSONAL INJURY.
- The fix
- GM WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND DEALERS WILL REPROGRAM THE SDM. THIS SERVICE WILL BE PERFORMED FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON JUNE 13, 2012.
- Notes
- GMS SAFETY RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER IS 12102.
Reported May 18, 2012
Vehicles covered by 12V224000 (1)
Chevrolet (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 12V224000, 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: May 18, 2012. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted