# NHTSA recall 14V315000

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: 14V315000
- Manufacturer's number: 14234
- Manufacturer: General Motors LLC
- Reported: 2014\-06\-12
- Owners notified: 2014\-08\-08
- Component: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
- Units potentially affected: 21567

## What is wrong

General Motors LLC \(GM\) is recalling certain model year 2012 Chevrolet Sonic vehicles manufactured March 1, 2012, to June 29, 2012, and equipped with a 6 speed automatic transmission and 1.8L four cylinder engine.  In the affected vehicles, the transmission turbine shaft may fracture.


## What can happen

If the transmission turbine shaft fracture occurs during vehicle operation in first or second gear, the vehicle will not upshift to the third through sixth gears, limiting the vehicle's speed.  If the fracture occurs during operation in third through sixth gear, the vehicle will coast until it slows enough to downshift to first or second gear, increasing the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the transmission turbine shaft, free of charge. The recall began on August 8, 2014.  Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1\-800\-222\-1020.  GM's number for this recall is 14234.


## 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: 21567
- Reported remedied: 18459 \(85%\)
- Reported unreachable: 113
- 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

- [2012 CHEVROLET SONIC](/makes/chevrolet/sonic/2012/recalls.md). Built 2012\-03\-01 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.

- [17\-NA\-066](/bulletins/10239647.md), 2023-07-25, Service bulletin
- [06\-00\-89\-031D](/bulletins/10201098.md), 2021-09-07, Service bulletin
- [990420002L](/bulletins/10200154.md), 2021-08-09, Service bulletin
- [PI0928B](/bulletins/10190976.md), 2021-04-27, Service bulletin
- [06\-00\-89\-031D](/bulletins/10190503.md), 2021-04-20, Service bulletin
- [150089004C](/bulletins/10188403.md), 2021-03-08, Service bulletin
- [060089031F](/bulletins/10184501.md), 2020-12-21, Service bulletin
- [1308116001F](/bulletins/10183782.md), 2020-12-07, Service bulletin
- [080730026F](/bulletins/10165123.md), 2019-09-23, Service bulletin
- [PI1086B](/bulletins/10140339.md), 2018-06-11, 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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