NHTSA Campaign 14V540000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
NHTSA campaign 14V540000 covers 3 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the electrical system: ignition. The repair is free.
General Motors LLC filed the report for 14V540000 with NHTSA on September 9, 2014; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 14V540000, NHTSA lists up to 47,043 potentially affected vehicles, built between July 25, 2007 and May 16, 2008.
The 14V540000 report reached NHTSA 6 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 14V540000 were scheduled from February 4, 2015, 148 days after the report.
14V540000 covers 2 models from Pontiac and Chevrolet, model years 2008–2011.
Owners of the model years 14V540000 covers have filed at least 34 complaints naming the electrical system, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 14V540000 vehicles, the 2009 Pontiac G8 has the most (20).
By potentially affected vehicles, 14V540000 ranks 84 of 243 General Motors LLC recalls on this site.
Besides 14V540000, General Motors LLC has 32 other recalls on the electrical system on this site; the one before 14V540000 was 14V490000, reported on August 8, 2014.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2011-2013 Chevrolet Caprice vehicles manufactured October 15, 2010, to December 6, 2013, and 2008-2009 Pontiac G8 vehicles manufactured July 25, 2007, to February 18, 2009. In the affected vehicles, the driver may accidentally hit the ignition key with their knee, unintentionally knocking the key 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. Additionally, a key knocked out of the run position could cause loss of engine power, power steering, and power braking, increasing the risk of a vehicle crash.
- The fix
- GM will notify owners, and dealers will remove the key blade from the original flip key/RKE transmitter assemblies, and cut and fit a revised key blade and housing assembly, in which the blade has been indexed by 90 degrees, to the original RKE transmitter assembly. GM issued an interim notification to owners on December 31, 2014. The recall began on February 4, 2015. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020 and Pontiac customer service at 1-800-762-2737. GM's number for this recall is 14445. Note: Until the recall has been performed, it is very important that drivers adjust their seat and steering column to allow clearance between their knee and the ignition key.
Reported September 9, 2014
Vehicles covered by 14V540000 (3)
Pontiac (2)
Chevrolet (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 14V540000, 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: September 9, 2014. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted