Buick Enclave; Chevrolet Traverse; GMC Acadia; Saturn Outlook (2008-2013): Air bags
Recall 14V118000 · Mar 17, 2014 · General Motors LLC
1,176,407
vehicles affected
1,176,407
vehicles affected
Facts
- Recall number
- 14V118000
- Date
- Mar 17, 2014
- Maker
- General Motors LLC
- Units affected
- 1,176,407
- Kind
- Vehicles
- Component
- Air bags > Side/window
- Model years
- 2008-2013
- Started by
- The maker
- Hazard
- Crash risk
What is wrong
General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2008-2013 Buick Enclave and GMC Acadia and 2009-2013 Chevrolet Traverse and 2008-2010 Saturn Outlook vehicles. In the affected vehicles, increased resistance in the driver and passenger seat mounted side impact air bag (SIAB) wiring harnesses may result in the SIAB and seat belt pretensioners not deploying in the event of a crash.
What can happen
Failure of the side impact air bags and seat belt pretensioners to deploy in a crash increase the risk of injury to the driver and front seat occupant.
The fix
Recall repairs are free of charge.
GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the affected harness connections with soldered connections, free of charge. The recall began on June 16, 2014. Buick owners may contact the owner center at 1-800-521-7300, Chevrolet owners at 1-866-694-6546, Saturn at 1-800-553-6000, and GMC owners at 1-866-996-9463. GM's number for this recall is 14030. Note: Vehicles repaired as part of Customer Satisfaction Campaign 10085 and special coverage 10335 have already had the subject condition repaired and therefore are not included in the safety recall.
Vehicles covered
4 models, 20 model years in all
Related pages
Questions and answers
Which vehicles are in recall 14V118000?
4 models: Buick Enclave (2008-2013), Chevrolet Traverse (2009-2013), GMC Acadia (2008-2013) and 1 more, about 1.18 million vehicles in all.
What is the fix for recall 14V118000?
GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the affected harness connections with soldered connections, free of charge. The recall began on June 16, 2014. Buick owners may contact the owner center at 1-800-521-7300, Chevrolet owners at 1-866-694-6546, Saturn at 1-800-553-6000, and GMC owners at 1-866-996-9463.
What can happen?
Failure of the side impact air bags and seat belt pretensioners to deploy in a crash increase the risk of injury to the driver and front seat occupant.
A recall means the maker found a safety problem and offers a free fix; it does not mean every unit has the problem. Units affected are as reported by the company. Popular models sell more and so have more recalls and complaints. Official public data; texts are shortened. A dealer can tell whether a single vehicle still needs the repair.