NHTSA Campaign 13V360000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST
NHTSA campaign 13V360000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the service brakes, hydraulic: power assist. The repair is free.
General Motors LLC filed the report for 13V360000 with NHTSA on August 15, 2013; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 13V360000, NHTSA lists up to 292,879 potentially affected vehicles, built between April 6, 2011 and August 7, 2012.
The 13V360000 report reached NHTSA 12 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 13V360000 were scheduled from October 7, 2013, 53 days after the report.
13V360000 covers 1 model from Chevrolet, model years 2011–2012.
By potentially affected vehicles, 13V360000 ranks 36 of 243 General Motors LLC recalls on this site.
Besides 13V360000, General Motors LLC has 19 other recalls on the service brakes, hydraulic on this site; the one before 13V360000 was 13V342000, reported on August 6, 2013.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- General Motors (GM) is recalling certain model year 2011-2012 Chevrolet Cruze vehicles equipped with 1.4L DOHC gasoline turbo engines and 6T40 front wheel drive automatic transmissions and equipped with an electric vacuum pump to provide supplemental vacuum for brake assist, when needed. In the affected vehicles, the pump may not activate, resulting in an intermittent reduction or loss of brake assist.
- The risk
- A loss of braking assistance will require extra pedal force and/or distance to bring the vehicle to a stop, increasing the risk of a crash.
- The fix
- General Motors will notify owners, and dealers will replace a microswitch in the power brake vacuum pipe assembly, free of charge. The recall began on October 7, 2013. Owners may contact Chevrolet at 1-800-222-1020. GM's recall number is 12213.
Reported August 15, 2013
Vehicles covered by 13V360000 (2)
Chevrolet (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 13V360000, 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 15, 2013. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted