The defect
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.
The risk
Brake pads that remain partially engaged with the rotors may cause excessive brake heat that may result in a fire.
The 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.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by ODI
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Cadillac XTS | 2013, 2014, 2015 |
| Chevrolet Impala | 2014, 2015 |
Components: PARKING BRAKE
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cadillac XTS | 2013 | 103 | 5 |
| Cadillac XTS | 2014 | 50 | 4 |
| Cadillac XTS | 2015 | 14 | 3 |
| Chevrolet Impala | 2014 | 637 | 12 |
| Chevrolet Impala | 2015 | 300 | 3 |
Other parking brake recalls in 2014
11 of the 770 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2014 concerned the parking brake; General Motors LLC filed 272 campaigns in all.
| 14V810000 29 Dec 2014 | PACCAR Incorporated |
| 14V814000 23 Dec 2014 | Caterpillar Inc. |
| 14V797000 17 Dec 2014 | Blue Bird Body Company |
| 14V798000 17 Dec 2014 | Blue Bird Body Company |
| 14V791000 15 Dec 2014 | Hino Motors Sales U.S.A., Inc. |
| 14V726000 12 Nov 2014 | Wabash National Corporation |
| 14V716000 7 Nov 2014 | PACCAR Incorporated |
| 14V681000 29 Oct 2014 | Daimler Trucks North America LLC |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2014