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NHTSA recall 14V541000

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Campaign
Published byNHTSA (United States)
Campaign number14V541000
Manufacturer's number14471
ManufacturerGeneral Motors LLC
Reported2014-09-09
Owners notified2014-10-28
ComponentPARKING BRAKE
Units potentially affected205309
Remedy progress the manufacturer reported
ReportQuarterly report 6, for 2016 quarter 1
Filed with NHTSA2016-04-26
Vehicles in the campaign205309
Reported remedied198810 (96%)
Reported unreachable109
Reported removed0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2016 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.

What is wrong

General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2013-2015 Cadillac XTS vehicles manufactured February 14, 2012, to August 22, 2014, and 2014-2015 Chevrolet Impala vehicles manufactured November 5, 2012, to September 2, 2014. In the affected vehicles, the electronic parking brake piston actuation arm may not fully retract causing the brake pads to stay partially engaged.

What can happen

Brake pads that remain partially engaged with the rotors may cause excessive brake heat that may result in a fire.

The remedy

GM will notify owners, and dealers will update the electronic parking brake software, free of charge. The recall began on October 28, 2014. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020, or Cadillac customer service at 1-800-458-8006. GM's number for this recall is 14471.

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.

Vehicles this campaign lists
2013 CADILLAC XTSBuilt 2012-02-14 to 2013-06-21.
2014 CADILLAC XTSBuilt 2013-02-12 to 2014-07-24.
2015 CADILLAC XTSBuilt 2014-04-23 to 2014-08-22.
2014 CHEVROLET IMPALABuilt 2012-11-05 to 2014-05-30.
2015 CHEVROLET IMPALABuilt 2014-03-07 to 2014-09-02.

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.

Investigated as PE14010

This recall followed 1 NHTSA investigation. An investigation is NHTSA looking into a possible defect. It is not a finding that a defect exists, and it does not say that any one vehicle is affected.

NHTSA investigations that led to this recall
PE14010Preliminary evaluation, opened 2014-04-15, closed 2014-11-21. Active Safety System Malfunction. FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL; FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: CRASH IMMINENT BRAKING; FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE; PARKING BRAKE; PARKING BRAKE:INDICATOR LIGHT.

From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. The JSON has NHTSA's summary of each.

Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

Bulletins for the same vehicles and component
144712023-12-18. Service bulletin. Electronic Park Brake Drag
PIC5541B2023-12-11. Service bulletin. Rattle Noise From Rear Of Vehicle While Driving At Low Speeds Over Small To Medium Sized Bumps.
PIT5441C2019-04-08. Service bulletin. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician the steps to diagnose and repair vehicles that may have an Object Detection System Message Diagnostic Trouble Codes U0075, U026A, U026B, U026C, U0265, U0268, and/or U0269 stored in the active safety module. Technician should inspect his Multiple Diagnostic Interface cable for damage. Technician should use the Multiple Diagnostic Interface on a like vehicle with object detection bus or theEL-47955-1 MDI 1, MDI 2 Self-Test Loopback Adapter,if there are no issues found finish with diagnosing the customer’s concern, if concern is present in the like vehicle replace the Multiple Diagnostic Interface cable.
PI1410B2018-05-21. Service bulletin. This preliminary informational bulletin provides information regarding the normal characteristic of instrument panel red brake light intermittently comes on.
PIC6063B2017-08-15. Service bulletin. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that may have the park assist warning that goes off without an object near the vehicle. Engineering has reviewed the concern and it has been determined that this is a normal operating characteristic.
99-04-20-002I2017-08-15. Service bulletin. This informational bulletin explains a normal condition for what and how the drive line can clunk.
153442017-02-01. Service bulletin. 15344 - SERVICE UPDATE. THE PURPOSE OF THIS SERVICE UPDATE IS TO PROVIDE THE CUSTOMER WITH A GOODWILL GIFT TO OFFSET OWNER INCONVENIENCE, RESTORE CONFIDENCE, AND MAINTAIN LOYALTY TO GM. THE VEHICLES INVOLVED IN THIS SERVICE UPDATE WERE ORIGINALLY INVOLVED IN RECALL 14471. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS REPROGRAMMED FOR RECALL 14471, THE VEHICLES RECEIVED AN INCORRECT CALIBRATION. THE VEHICLES WERE RECALLED AGAIN UNDER RECALL 15100. APPROXIMATELY ONE WEEK AFTER LAUNCHING RECALL 15100, THE SOFTWARE FILES WERE ERRONEOUSLY CHANGED FROM THE REVISED SOFTWARE TO THE ORIGINAL INCORRECT SOFTWARE VERSION. VEHICLES THAT WERE SERVICED BETWEEN FEBRUARY 8, 2015, AND MARCH 10, 2015, RECEIVED THE ORIGINAL INCORRECT SOFTWARE. THESE CUSTOMERS ARE NOW BEING ASKED TO BRING THEIR VEHICLE BACK FOR THE CORRECT CALIBRATION UNDER RECALL 15259. FOR THEIR INCONVENIENCE, DEALERS ARE TO OFFER THE CUSTOMER A SELECTION OF ONE OF THE AVAILABLE GOODWILL OPTIONS LISTED IN THIS BULLETIN. BECAUSE EACH CUSTOMER HAS UNIQUE PREFERENCES, PLEASE OFFER BOTH OF THE OPTIONS FOUND IN THIS BULLETIN TO THE CUSTOMER AND ALLOW THEM TO SELECT THE ONE THAT BEST SUITS THEIR SITUATION.
SBU-153442016-02-05. Service bulletin. CHEVROLET: DUE TO AN INCORRECT CALIBRATION FROM RECALL 14471, THEN RECALL 15100, SOME VEHICLES ARE RECALLED 15259, UNDER GOODWILL GESTURE FROM MFR, FOR ELECTRONIC PARKING BRAKE CONTROL MODULE. MODEL 2014 IMPALA. *PE
PIC60632015-06-17. Service bulletin. GENERAL MOTORS: 2015 CADILLAC CTS, XTS: CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE PARK ASSIST WARNING GOES OFF WITH NOTHING AROUND THE VEHICLE. *LJ
PIE-03002014-10-11. Service bulletin. CHEVROLET: SOME VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE, WITH OR WITHOUT ALERTS, UNWANTED BRAKING DUE TO PARK BRAKE NOT ALWAYS RELEASED, UNEXPECTEDLY DECELERATED, PARK/SERVICE PARK BRAKE LIGHT ON. MODEL 2014 IMPALA.

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

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