NHTSA Campaign 14V400000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
NHTSA campaign 14V400000 covers 27 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the electrical system: ignition. The repair is free.
General Motors LLC filed the report for 14V400000 with NHTSA on July 3, 2014; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 14V400000, NHTSA lists up to 5,877,718 potentially affected vehicles.
Owner notification letters for 14V400000 were scheduled from September 8, 2014, 67 days after the report.
14V400000 covers 5 models from Chevrolet and Pontiac, model years 2000–2008.
Owners of the model years 14V400000 covers have filed at least 4,641 complaints naming the electrical system, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 14V400000 vehicles, the 2004 Chevrolet Impala has the most (681).
By potentially affected vehicles, 14V400000 ranks 1 of 243 General Motors LLC recalls on this site.
Besides 14V400000, General Motors LLC has 32 other recalls on the electrical system on this site; the one before 14V400000 was 14V394000, reported on July 2, 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 3, 2014, that they are recalling 5,877,718 model year 2000-2005 Chevrolet Impala and Monte Carlo, 1997-2003 Chevrolet Malibu, 2004-2005 Malibu Classic, 1999-2004 Oldsmobile Alero, 1998-2002 Oldsmobile Intrigue, 1999-2005 Pontiac Grand Am and 2004-2008 Pontiac Grand Prix vehicles. 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 9, 2014. GM's number for this recall is 14350.
Reported July 3, 2014
Vehicles covered by 14V400000 (27)
Chevrolet (16)
- 2000 Chevrolet Impala
- 2001 Chevrolet Impala
- 2002 Chevrolet Impala
- 2003 Chevrolet Impala
- 2004 Chevrolet Impala
- 2005 Chevrolet Impala
- 2000 Chevrolet Malibu
- 2001 Chevrolet Malibu
- 2002 Chevrolet Malibu
- 2003 Chevrolet Malibu
- 2000 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
- 2001 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
- 2002 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
- 2003 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
- 2004 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
- 2005 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 14V400000, 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 3, 2014. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted