The defect
General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2014-2015 Chevrolet Impala vehicles manufactured May 7, 2014, to July 28, 2014. In the event of an accident, the center storage console may not stay latched. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 201, "Occupant Protection In Interior Impact."
The risk
The storage compartment door may not remain closed in the event of a crash, increasing the risk of occupant injury.
The remedy
Parts to remedy this condition are not currently available. GM will send owners an interim notification in early October 2014, and will send a second letter when parts are available. At that time dealers will inspect, and if necessary, replace the console storage compartment door inertia latch, free of charge. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020. GM's number for this recall is 14476.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Chevrolet Impala | 2014, 2015 |
Components: STRUCTURE
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chevrolet Impala | 2014 | 637 | 12 |
| Chevrolet Impala | 2015 | 300 | 3 |
Other structure recalls in 2014
27 of the 770 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2014 concerned the structure; General Motors LLC filed 272 campaigns in all.
| 14V822000 29 Dec 2014 | Kia Motors America |
| 14V785000 10 Dec 2014 | Tishomingo Acquisition, LLC |
| 14V777000 5 Dec 2014 | Ford Motor Company |
| 14V765000 2 Dec 2014 | Triumph Motorcycles America, LTD |
| 14V677000 28 Oct 2014 | Morgan Olson Corporation |
| 14V646000 14 Oct 2014 | Vermeer Manufacturing Company |
| 14V559000 12 Sept 2014 | Lion Bus Inc. |
| 14V523000 3 Sept 2014 | Collins Bus Corporation |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2014