NHTSA Campaign 14V300000
AIR BAGS
NHTSA campaign 14V300000 covers 4 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the air bags. The repair is free.
General Motors LLC filed the report for 14V300000 with NHTSA on June 6, 2014; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 14V300000, NHTSA lists up to 31,520 potentially affected vehicles.
Owner notification letters for 14V300000 were scheduled from July 25, 2014, 49 days after the report.
14V300000 covers 4 models from Buick and Chevrolet, model years 2012.
Owners of the model years 14V300000 covers have filed at least 83 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 14V300000 vehicles, the 2012 Chevrolet Sonic has the most (34).
By potentially affected vehicles, 14V300000 ranks 96 of 243 General Motors LLC recalls on this site.
Besides 14V300000, General Motors LLC has 42 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 14V300000 was 14V259000, reported on May 16, 2014.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2012 Buick Verano vehicles manufactured December 2, 2011 to July, 16, 2012, Chevrolet Cruze vehicles manufactured December 7, 2011 to July 25, 2012, Chevrolet Sonic vehicles manufactured December 5, 2011 to August 2, 2012, and Chevrolet Camaro vehicles manufactured December 1, 2011 to June 11, 2012. The driver side frontal air bag has a shorting bar which may intermittently contact the air bag terminals.
- The risk
- If the bar and terminals are contacting each other at the time of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, that air bag will not deploy, increasing the driver's risk of injury.
- The fix
- GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the steering wheel air bag coil, free of charge. The recall began on July 25, 2014. Chevrolet owners may contact GM at 1-800-222-1020. Buick owners may contact GM at 1-800-521-7300. Note: This is an expansion of recalls 12V-522 and 13V-023.
Reported June 6, 2014
Vehicles covered by 14V300000 (4)
Buick (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 14V300000, 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: June 6, 2014. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted