NHTSA Campaign 18V576000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
NHTSA campaign 18V576000 covers 19 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: disc: caliper. The repair is free.
General Motors LLC filed the report for 18V576000 with NHTSA on August 30, 2018; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 18V576000, NHTSA lists up to 210,628 potentially affected vehicles, built between April 18, 2018 and June 21, 2018.
The 18V576000 report reached NHTSA 2 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 18V576000 were scheduled from October 11, 2018, 42 days after the report.
18V576000 covers 10 models from Buick, Chevrolet, Cadillac and GMC, model years 2018–2019.
Owners of the model years 18V576000 covers have filed at least 3 complaints naming the service brakes, hydraulic, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 18V576000 vehicles, the 2019 Buick Regal has the most (2).
By potentially affected vehicles, 18V576000 ranks 41 of 243 General Motors LLC recalls on this site.
Besides 18V576000, General Motors LLC has 19 other recalls on the service brakes, hydraulic on this site; the one before 18V576000 was 16V922000, reported on December 21, 2016.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2018-2019 Chevrolet Equinox, Impala, Cruze, Volt and Bolt EV vehicles, GMC Terrain vehicles, Buick Lacrosse and Regal vehicles, Cadillac XTS and XTS Professional vehicles and 2018 Chevrolet Malibu vehicles. The rear brake caliper pistons may have an insufficient coating causing gas pockets to form, potentially reducing rear brake performance.
- The risk
- A reduction of braking performance can increase the risk of a crash.
- The fix
- GM will notify owners, and dealers will bleed the vehicle's brake system, free of charge. The recall began October 11, 2018. Owners may contact Buick customer service at 1-800-521-7300, Cadillac customer service at 1-800-458-8006, Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020, or GMC customer service at 1-800-462-8782. GM's number for this recall is 18279.
Reported August 30, 2018
Vehicles covered by 18V576000 (19)
Chevrolet (11)
Cadillac (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 18V576000, 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: August 30, 2018. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted