# NHTSA recall 13V566000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 13V566000
- Manufacturer's number: 13342
- Manufacturer: General Motors LLC
- Reported: 2013\-11\-13
- Owners notified: 2013\-12\-04
- Component: SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:POWER ADJUST; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
- Units potentially affected: 14909

## What is wrong

General Motors LLC \(GM\) is recalling certain model year 2013 Chevrolet Malibu vehicles manufactured October 25, 2011, through June 29, 2012 and equipped with the 8\-way power adjustable front seat feature.  The wiring harness for the power seat may contact the seat frame which may chafe the harness.


## What can happen

If the harness is chaffed enough to expose the wires, a short circuit could occur, resulting unintended movement of the seat, the seat to become inoperative, sparking under the seat, flickering lights, smoke, or possibly a fire.


## The remedy

GM will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the wire harness and repair and secure it as necessary, free of charge.  The recall began during December 2013.  Owners may contact GM at 1\-800\-521\-7300.  GM's recall campaign number is 13342.


## Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), or go to www.safercar.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 6, for 2015 quarter 1
- Filed with NHTSA: 2015\-04\-15
- Vehicles in the campaign: 14909
- Reported remedied: 13007 \(87%\)
- Reported unreachable: 126
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2015 quarter 1, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2013 CHEVROLET MALIBU](/makes/chevrolet/malibu/2013/recalls.md). Built 2011\-10\-25 to 2012\-06\-29.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [130089008](/bulletins/10246630.md), 2023-12-11, Service bulletin
- [PIC5852C](/bulletins/10178316.md), 2020-08-10, Service bulletin
- [100089005G](/bulletins/10159575.md), 2019-05-13, Service bulletin
- [100089005H](/bulletins/10154629.md), 2019-03-18, Service bulletin
- [17NA354](/bulletins/10139126.md), 2018-06-04, Service bulletin
- [10\-00\-89\-005C](/bulletins/10139026.md), 2018-06-04, Service bulletin
- [PI0924A](/bulletins/10138656.md), 2018-05-29, Service bulletin
- [16\-NA\-378](/bulletins/10137986.md), 2018-05-21, Service bulletin
- [10\-00\-89\-005E](/bulletins/10137237.md), 2018-05-21, Service bulletin
- [13\-00\-89\-008A](/bulletins/10135394.md), 2018-05-07, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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