# 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

## 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.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- 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.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2013 BUICK ENCORE](/makes/buick/encore/2013/recalls.md). Built 2012\-08\-23 to 2013\-03\-01.
- [2013 CADILLAC ATS](/makes/cadillac/ats/2013/recalls.md). Built 2012\-04\-23 to 2013\-05\-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.

- [24\-NA\-147](/bulletins/11006849.md), 2024-09-04, Service bulletin
- [990940005G](/bulletins/10250085.md), 2024-02-12, Service bulletin
- [14171](/bulletins/10247268.md), 2023-12-18, Service bulletin
- [12272](/bulletins/10246663.md), 2023-12-11, Service bulletin
- [990940005G](/bulletins/10246572.md), 2023-12-11, Service bulletin
- [99\-09\-40\-005I](/bulletins/10239755.md), 2023-07-28, Service bulletin
- [05\-09\-40\-002G](/bulletins/10134736.md), 2018-04-23, Service bulletin
- [09\-09\-40\-001C](/bulletins/10113787.md), 2017-08-15, Service bulletin
- [99\-09\-40\-005G](/bulletins/10113492.md), 2017-08-15, Service bulletin
- [PIC5807](/bulletins/10112757.md), 2017-08-15, 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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