NHTSA Campaign 14V541000
PARKING BRAKE
NHTSA campaign 14V541000 covers 5 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the parking brake. The repair is free.
General Motors LLC filed the report for 14V541000 with NHTSA on September 9, 2014; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 14V541000, NHTSA lists up to 205,309 potentially affected vehicles, built between November 5, 2012 and May 30, 2014.
The 14V541000 report reached NHTSA 3 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 14V541000 were scheduled from October 28, 2014, 49 days after the report.
14V541000 covers 2 models from Cadillac and Chevrolet, model years 2013–2015.
By potentially affected vehicles, 14V541000 ranks 42 of 243 General Motors LLC recalls on this site.
Besides 14V541000, General Motors LLC has 4 other recalls on the parking brake on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2013-2015 Cadillac XTS vehicles manufactured February 14, 2012, to August 22, 2014, and 2014-2015 Chevrolet Impala vehicles manufactured November 5, 2012, to September 2, 2014. In the affected vehicles, the electronic parking brake piston actuation arm may not fully retract causing the brake pads to stay partially engaged.
- The risk
- Brake pads that remain partially engaged with the rotors may cause excessive brake heat that may result in a fire.
- The fix
- GM will notify owners, and dealers will update the electronic parking brake software, free of charge. The recall began on October 28, 2014. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020, or Cadillac customer service at 1-800-458-8006. GM's number for this recall is 14471.
Reported September 9, 2014
Vehicles covered by 14V541000 (5)
Chevrolet (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 14V541000, 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