Known Recalls

Recall campaign · NHTSA 14V541000

Parking brake

General Motors LLC filed this campaign with NHTSA on 2014-09-09.

Recall campaignNHTSA 14V541000

Parking brake

Component
Parking brake
Manufacturer
General Motors LLC
Vehicles affected
205,309
Reported to NHTSA
2014-09-09
Owners notified
2014-10-28

Defect description

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.

Safety risk

Brake pads that remain partially engaged with the rotors may cause excessive brake heat that may result in a fire.

Manufacturer remedy

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.

Notes

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.

Scope of coverage

5 model years across 2 models.

ModelYears on record
Cadillac XTS2015 2014 2013
Chevrolet Impala2015 2014

Safety recall repairs are provided free of charge by franchised dealers, regardless of vehicle age or mileage. This page displays aggregated data for the model year. To check recall status for a specific vehicle, search its VIN at nhtsa.gov.