Air bagsRecall 14V-300 · Buick and Chevrolet vehicles
General Motors LLC recall 14V-300 covers 31,520 Buick and Chevrolet vehicles for a air bags problem, reported to NHTSA on June 6, 2014. The manufacturer's latest report (2015 Q4) shows 82% of affected vehicles repaired.
Source: NHTSA recall 14V300000 and manufacturer quarterly reports. Started by an NHTSA defect investigation.
The problem
General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2012 Buick Verano vehicles manufactured December 2, 2011 to July, 16, 2012, Chevrolet Cruze vehicles manufactured December 7, 2011 to July 25, 2012, Chevrolet Sonic vehicles manufactured December 5, 2011 to August 2, 2012, and Chevrolet Camaro vehicles manufactured December 1, 2011 to June 11, 2012. The driver side frontal air bag has a shorting bar which may intermittently contact the air bag terminals.
The risk
If the bar and terminals are contacting each other at the time of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, that air bag will not deploy, increasing the driver's risk of injury.
The fix
GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the steering wheel air bag coil, free of charge. The recall began on July 25, 2014. Chevrolet owners may contact GM at 1-800-222-1020. Buick owners may contact GM at 1-800-521-7300. Note: This is an expansion of recalls 12V-522 and 13V-023.
Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
Recall repairs are free. Confirm whether this recall is open on your vehicle by entering its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
How fast cars are being fixed
82%repaired
Share of affected vehicles repaired in each quarterly report the manufacturer filed with NHTSA. 254 vehicles were listed as unreachable.
Vehicles in this recall
The investigation behind this recall
- Air Bag Non-deploymentNHTSA