NHTSA Campaign 14V543000
AIR BAGS
NHTSA campaign 14V543000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the air bags. The repair is free.
General Motors LLC filed the report for 14V543000 with NHTSA on September 9, 2014; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 14V543000, NHTSA lists up to 304 potentially affected vehicles, built between July 28, 2014 and August 1, 2014.
The 14V543000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 14V543000 were scheduled from October 21, 2014, 42 days after the report.
14V543000 covers 1 model from Chevrolet, model years 2014.
Owners of the model years 14V543000 covers have filed at least 24 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 14V543000 ranks 200 of 243 General Motors LLC recalls on this site.
Besides 14V543000, General Motors LLC has 42 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 14V543000 was 14V518000, reported on August 28, 2014.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2014 Chevrolet Sonic vehicles manufactured July 28, 2014, to August 1, 2014. Due to a loss of electrical connection in the steering column, in the event of a severe crash, the driver's frontal air bag deployment may be limited to the first-stage deployment only instead of the intended first-stage and second-stage deployments.
- The risk
- If only the first-stage of the driver's frontal air bag deploys without the additional second-stage, the driver has an increased risk of injury during a crash.
- The fix
- GM will notify owners, and dealers will test the terminals in the IP harness clock spring coil connector and replace any loose terminals, free of charge. The recall began in October 2014. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020. GM's number for this recall is 14537.
Reported September 9, 2014
Vehicles covered by 14V543000 (1)
Chevrolet (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 14V543000, 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