NHTSA Campaign 13V001000
STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
NHTSA campaign 13V001000 covers 6 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the steering: column locking: anti-theft device. The repair is free.
General Motors LLC filed the report for 13V001000 with NHTSA on January 2, 2013; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 13V001000, NHTSA lists up to 54,686 potentially affected vehicles, built between November 20, 2012 and December 18, 2012.
Owner notification letters for 13V001000 were scheduled from January 17, 2013, 15 days after the report.
13V001000 covers 6 models from Cadillac, Chevrolet and GMC, model years 2013.
Owners of the model years 13V001000 covers have filed at least 4 complaints naming the steering, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 13V001000 vehicles, the 2013 Cadillac Escalade has the most (2).
By potentially affected vehicles, 13V001000 ranks 74 of 243 General Motors LLC recalls on this site.
Besides 13V001000, General Motors LLC has 18 other recalls on the steering on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- General Motors (GM) is recalling certain model year 2013 Cadillac Escalade, Escalade ESV, and Escalade EXT; Chevrolet Avalanche, Express, Silverado HD, Silverado LD, Suburban, and Tahoe; and GMC Savana, Sierra HD, Sierra LD, Yukon, and Yukon XL vehicles, manufactured between November 7, 2012, through December 18, 2012, for failing to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 102, "Transmission Shift Lever Sequence, Starter Interlock, and Transmission Braking Effect", and FMVSS No. 114, "Theft Protection and Rollaway Prevention." The vehicles may have been built with a fractured park lock cable or a malformed steering column lock actuator gear in the lock module assembly.
- The risk
- As a result, the vehicle may shift from Park with the ignition key removed or the ignition key in the OFF position. The vehicle may also shift out of Park without application of the brake pedal while the key is off. Either of these scenarios may cause the vehicle to roll away after the driver has exited the vehicle, resulting in a possible vehicle crash and/or injury.
- The fix
- GM will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the affected vehicles and replace the steering column as necessary, free of charge. The recall began on January 21, 2013. Chevrolet owners may call 1-800-630-2438. Cadillac owners may call 1-866-982-2339. GMC owners may call 1-866-996-9463.
- Notes
- General Motors' number for this recall is 12331.
Reported January 2, 2013
Vehicles covered by 13V001000 (6)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 13V001000, 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: January 2, 2013. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted