NHTSA recall 14V488000
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 | 14V488000 |
| Manufacturer's number | 14171 |
| Manufacturer | General Motors LLC |
| Reported | 2014-08-08 |
| Owners notified | 2014-11-20 |
| Component | SEAT BELTS:FRONT |
| Units potentially affected | 48114 |
| Report | Quarterly report 7, for 2016 quarter 2 |
|---|---|
| Filed with NHTSA | 2016-07-28 |
| Vehicles in the campaign | 48114 |
| Reported remedied | 44922 (93%) |
| Reported unreachable | 30 |
| Reported removed | 0 |
These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2016 quarter 2, 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.
What is wrong
General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2013 Buick Encore vehicles manufactured August 23, 2012, to March 1, 2013, and model year 2013 Cadillac ATS vehicles manufactured April 23, 2012, to May 1, 2013. In the affected vehicles, the driver and passenger lap belt pretensioner cables may not lock in a retracted position, allowing the seat belts to extend when pulled upon.
What can happen
If the seat belts do not remain locked in the retracted position when under load, the seat occupant may not be adequately restrained in a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
The remedy
GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace both front the driver's and the passenger's lap belt pretensioners, free of charge. Parts are not currently available. GM sent interim notifications on October 7, 2014 and will send a second notification when remedy parts are available. The recall began on November 20, 2014. Owners may contact Buick customer service at 1-800-521-7300, or Cadillac customer service at 1-800-458-8006. GM's number for this recall is 14171.
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.
| 2013 BUICK ENCORE | Built 2012-08-23 to 2013-03-01. |
|---|---|
| 2013 CADILLAC ATS | Built 2012-04-23 to 2013-05-01. |
A vehicle with no link is not in this site's catalog, which covers cars, multipurpose vehicles and trucks by model year. The campaign is from data as of 2026-10-19.
Bulletins for the same vehicles and component
| 24-NA-147 | 2024-09-04. Service bulletin. This service bulletin provides information on regular inspection of the Seat Belt Lap Anchor. |
|---|---|
| 990940005G | 2024-02-12. Service bulletin. Seat Belt Extender Availability |
| 14171 | 2023-12-18. Service bulletin. Lapbelt Pretensioner Locking Performance |
| 12272 | 2023-12-11. Service bulletin. Service Update for Inventory and Customer Vehicles Passenger Safety Belt Reminder Inoperative Expires with Base Warranty |
| 990940005G | 2023-12-11. Service bulletin. Seat Belt Extender Availability |
| 99-09-40-005I | 2023-07-28. Service bulletin. This service bulletin provides information on availability for a seat belt extender. |
| 05-09-40-002G | 2018-04-23. Service bulletin. This technical bulletin provides a revision of 05-09-40-002F to add the 2013-2014 model years. |
| 09-09-40-001C | 2017-08-15. Service bulletin. This informational bulletin provides information to advise dealers about seat belt buckles not operating and/or seat belt warning light illumination, as well as difficulty latching and unlatching the buckle or the buckle release button sticking. |
| 99-09-40-005G | 2017-08-15. Service bulletin. This informational bulletin provides information on availability for the seat belt extender. |
| PIC5807 | 2017-08-15. Service bulletin. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that it could be extremely difficult to remove one or more of the Driver or Front Passenger Seat Bolts. Technician will need to be very cautious and heat the seat bolts to soft the thread locking compound. |
A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.