Cadillac SRX (2013): Power train
Recall 14V212000 · Apr 25, 2014 · General Motors LLC
50,571
vehicles affected
50,571
vehicles affected
Facts
- Recall number
- 14V212000
- Date
- Apr 25, 2014
- Maker
- General Motors LLC
- Units affected
- 50,571
- Kind
- Vehicles
- Component
- Power train > Automatic transmission > Control module (tcm/pcm/tecm)
- Model years
- 2013
- Started by
- The maker
- Hazard
- Crash risk
What is wrong
General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2013 Cadillac SRX vehicles manufactured May 29, 2012, through June 26, 2013, and equipped with 3.6L engines. In the affected vehicles, in certain driving situations, there may be a three to four second lag in acceleration due to the transmission control module (TCM) programming.
What can happen
A three to four second lag in acceleration may increase the risk of crash.
The fix
Recall repairs are free of charge.
GM will notify owners, and dealers will reprogram the transmission control module, free of charge. The recall began on June 3, 2014. Owners may contact Cadillac customer service at 1-800-458-8006. General Motors' number for this recall is 14132.
Vehicles covered
1 model, 1 model year in all
Related pages
Questions and answers
Which vehicles are in recall 14V212000?
1 model: Cadillac SRX (2013), about 50,571 vehicles in all.
What is the fix for recall 14V212000?
GM will notify owners, and dealers will reprogram the transmission control module, free of charge. The recall began on June 3, 2014. Owners may contact Cadillac customer service at 1-800-458-8006. General Motors' number for this recall is 14132.
What can happen?
A three to four second lag in acceleration may increase the risk of crash.
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.