NHTSA Campaign 13V220000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
NHTSA campaign 13V220000 covers 4 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the electrical system. The repair is free.
General Motors LLC filed the report for 13V220000 with NHTSA on May 24, 2013; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 13V220000, NHTSA lists up to 10,210 potentially affected vehicles, built between April 30, 2013 and May 9, 2013.
Owner notification letters for 13V220000 were scheduled from June 13, 2013, 20 days after the report.
13V220000 covers 4 models from Cadillac and Chevrolet, model years 2013–2014.
Owners of the model years 13V220000 covers have filed at least 354 complaints naming the electrical system, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 13V220000 vehicles, the 2014 Chevrolet Impala has the most (221).
By potentially affected vehicles, 13V220000 ranks 125 of 243 General Motors LLC recalls on this site.
Besides 13V220000, General Motors LLC has 32 other recalls on the electrical system on this site; the one before 13V220000 was 13V173000, reported on May 6, 2013.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2013 Cadillac ATS and model year 2013 Cadillac XTS; model year 2014 Chevrolet Impala; and 2013 Chevrolet Sonic vehicles. Originally, in May 2013, GM recalled 1,627 model year 2013 Cadillac ATS and model year 2013 Cadillac XTS; and model year 2014 Chevrolet Impala vehicles. In October 2013, GM informed the agency that it was adding model year 2013 Chevrolet Sonic vehicles to this campaign , representing an additional 8,050 units. The total number of vehicles being recalled is now 9,677. On the affected vehicles, the brake lamps may intermittently flash without the brakes being applied and the cruise control may disengage. Thus, these vehicles fail to conform to the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 108, "Lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment."
- The risk
- If the brake lamps flash when the vehicle is not slowing, a following driver may not adjust vehicle speed when the vehicle is in fact braking, and the brake lamps are illuminating as intended, increasing the risk of a crash.
- The fix
- GM will notify owners, and dealers will reprogram the body control module. The recall began on June 13, 2013. Owner's may contact Chevrolet at 1-800-630-2438 or Cadillac at 1-866-982-2339. GM's recall number is 13158.
Reported May 24, 2013
Vehicles covered by 13V220000 (4)
Cadillac (2)
Chevrolet (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 13V220000, 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 24, 2013. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted