NHTSA Campaign 15V164000
VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY
NHTSA campaign 15V164000 covers 3 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the visibility: sun/moon roof assembly. The repair is free.
General Motors LLC filed the report for 15V164000 with NHTSA on March 23, 2015; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 15V164000, NHTSA lists up to 87,063 potentially affected vehicles, built between March 12, 2014 and March 5, 2015.
The 15V164000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 15V164000 were scheduled from April 21, 2015, 29 days after the report.
15V164000 covers 1 model from Chevrolet, model years 2013–2015.
By potentially affected vehicles, 15V164000 ranks 65 of 243 General Motors LLC recalls on this site.
Besides 15V164000, General Motors LLC has 12 other recalls on the visibility on this site; the one before 15V164000 was 14V404000, reported on July 2, 2014.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2013-2015 Chevrolet Malibu vehicles October 24, 2011, to March 5, 2015. In the affected vehicles, the Slide or Tilt switch for the roof panel may not be adequately recessed to prevent the switch from inadvertently being pressed. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 118, "Power-Operated Window, Partition, and Roof Panel Systems."
- The risk
- The Slide or Tilt roof panel switch may inadvertently be pressed and the roof panel may auto-close unexpectedly, increasing the risk of a pinch injury.
- The fix
- GM will notify owners, and dealers will update the Body Control Module (BCM) software to remove auto-close feature for certain switch positions, free of charge. The recall began April 21, 2015. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020. GM's number for this recall is 15176.
Reported March 23, 2015
Vehicles covered by 15V164000 (3)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 15V164000, 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: March 23, 2015. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted