NHTSA Campaign 13V024000
SUSPENSION:REAR
NHTSA campaign 13V024000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the suspension: rear. The repair is free.
General Motors LLC filed the report for 13V024000 with NHTSA on January 23, 2013; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 13V024000, NHTSA lists up to 8,519 potentially affected vehicles, built between December 6, 2011 and July 25, 2012.
The 13V024000 report reached NHTSA 6 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 13V024000 were scheduled from January 21, 2013.
13V024000 covers 1 model from Chevrolet, model years 2013.
Owners of the model years 13V024000 covers have filed at least 65 complaints naming the suspension, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 13V024000 ranks 133 of 243 General Motors LLC recalls on this site.
Besides 13V024000, General Motors LLC has 8 other recalls on the suspension on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- General Motors is recalling certain model year 2013 Chevrolet Malibu vehicles, manufactured December 6, 2011, through January 15, 2013. One or more rear suspension bolts may not have been tightened to the specified torque. This may lead to sudden changes in vehicle handling.
- The risk
- Sudden changes in vehicle handling may increase the risk of a crash.
- The fix
- General Motors will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and retighten the bolts as necessary, free of charge. Owner notifications have already begun and will be completed shortly. Owners may contact General Motors at 1-800-521-7300.
- Notes
- This is General Motors recall number 13008.
Reported January 23, 2013
Vehicles covered by 13V024000 (1)
Chevrolet (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 13V024000, 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 23, 2013. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted