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NHTSA recall 15V465000

Air Bags · General Motors, LLC

July 24, 2015report date
5,493units affected
Vehicle recalltype
Details

What's wrong: Affects vehicles equipped with front vented-heated passenger seats. Accordingly, the automatic occupant sensing (aos) system may fail to suppress the front passenger air bag if a child seat is in the front passenger seat. These vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (fmvss) no. 208, "occupant crash protection."

Why it matters: If the front passenger air bag deploys with a child seat in the front passenger seat, it increases the risk of injury to the child.

The fix: Gm will notify owners, and dealers will correct the calibration-learning error by preconditioning the empty seat, and also resetting the ECU to a seat zero-value, free of charge. The recall began on August 25, 2015.

Affected vehicles on MotorDeets

All model years NHTSA lists

2014 Chevrolet Impala, 2015 Chevrolet Impala.

Recalls can cover only some VINs. Check yours on NHTSA's official recall page for 15V465000.

Source: NHTSA recall records. Summary shortened; the official notice has the full text.