# NHTSA recall 14V298000

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: 14V298000
- Manufacturer's number: 14211
- Manufacturer: General Motors LLC
- Reported: 2014\-06\-06
- Owners notified: 2014\-07\-30
- Component: AIR BAGS
- Units potentially affected: 61

## What is wrong

General Motors LLC \(GM\) is recalling certain model year 2013 Buick Encore vehicles manufactured April 10, 2013, to May 8, 2013, and Chevrolet Spark vehicles manufactured December 30, 2012, to March 1, 2013.  In the affected vehicles, an improper weld on the passenger side front air bag inflator may result in the air bag not deploying.


## What can happen

If the air bag does not to deploy in the event of a crash, there is an increased risk of injury to the front passenger.


## The remedy

GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the passenger side front air bag, free of charge.  The recall began on July 30, 2014.  Owners may contact General Motors customer service at 1\-800\-521\-7300 \(Buick\) or 1\-800\-222\-1020 \(Chevrolet\).  GM's number for this recall is 14211.


## 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 4
- Filed with NHTSA: 2016\-01\-28
- Vehicles in the campaign: 61
- Reported remedied: 53 \(86%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2015 quarter 4, 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 BUICK ENCORE](/makes/buick/encore/2013/recalls.md). Built 2013\-04\-10 to 2013\-05\-08.
- [2013 CHEVROLET SPARK](/makes/chevrolet/spark/2013/recalls.md). Built 2012\-12\-30 to 2013\-03\-01.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [14211](/bulletins/10248741.md), 2024-01-16, Service bulletin
- [PIC5650J](/bulletins/10201252.md), 2021-09-13, Service bulletin
- [PI0645C](/bulletins/10133115.md), 2018-04-16, Service bulletin
- [06\-08\-50\-009I](/bulletins/10112302.md), 2017-08-15, Service bulletin
- [14211](/bulletins/10067328.md), 2016-05-23, 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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