NHTSA Campaign 14V394000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
NHTSA campaign 14V394000 covers 15 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the electrical system: ignition. The repair is free.
General Motors LLC filed the report for 14V394000 with NHTSA on July 2, 2014; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 14V394000, NHTSA lists up to 554,328 potentially affected vehicles, built between March 14, 2005 and May 5, 2006.
The 14V394000 report reached NHTSA 8 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 14V394000 were scheduled from September 15, 2014, 75 days after the report.
14V394000 covers 2 models from Cadillac, model years 2003–2014.
Owners of the model years 14V394000 covers have filed at least 432 complaints naming the electrical system, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 14V394000 vehicles, the 2003 Cadillac CTS has the most (56).
By potentially affected vehicles, 14V394000 ranks 19 of 243 General Motors LLC recalls on this site.
Besides 14V394000, General Motors LLC has 32 other recalls on the electrical system on this site; the one before 14V394000 was 14V355000, reported on June 23, 2014.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- This defect can affect the safe operation of the airbag system. Until this recall is performed, customers should remove all items from their key rings, leaving only the ignition key. The key fob (if applicable), should also be removed from the key ring. General Motors LLC (GM) notified the agency on July 2, 2014 that they are recalling 554,328 model year 2003-2014 Cadillac CTS vehicles manufactured August 16, 2001, to April 28, 2014, and 2004-2006 Cadillac SRX vehicles manufactured March 20, 2003, to August 11, 2006. In these models, the weight on the key ring and/or road conditions or some other jarring event may cause the ignition switch to move out of the run position, turning off the engine.
- The risk
- If the key is not in the run position, the air bags may not deploy if the vehicle is involved in a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
- The fix
- GM will notify owners, and dealers will install two key rings and an insert in the key slot or a cover over the key head on all ignition keys, free of charge. The recall began on September 15, 2014. Owners may contact Cadillac customer service at 1-800-458-8006. GM's number for this recall is 14172.
Reported July 2, 2014
Vehicles covered by 14V394000 (15)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 14V394000, 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: July 2, 2014. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted