# NHTSA recall 14V543000

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: 14V543000
- Manufacturer's number: 14537
- Manufacturer: General Motors LLC
- Reported: 2014\-09\-09
- Owners notified: 2014\-10\-21
- Component: AIR BAGS
- Units potentially affected: 304

## What is wrong

General Motors LLC \(GM\) is recalling certain model year 2014 Chevrolet Sonic vehicles manufactured July 28, 2014, to August 1, 2014.  Due to a loss of electrical connection in the steering column, in the event of a severe crash, the driver's frontal air bag deployment may be limited to the first\-stage deployment only instead of the intended first\-stage and second\-stage deployments.


## What can happen

If only the first\-stage of the driver's frontal air bag deploys without the additional second\-stage, the driver has an increased risk of injury during a crash.


## The remedy

GM will notify owners, and dealers will test the terminals in the IP harness clock spring coil connector and replace any loose terminals, free of charge.  The recall began in October 2014.  Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1\-800\-222\-1020.  GM's number for this recall is 14537.


## 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 2016 quarter 1
- Filed with NHTSA: 2016\-04\-26
- Vehicles in the campaign: 304
- Reported remedied: 292 \(96%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

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.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2014 CHEVROLET SONIC](/makes/chevrolet/sonic/2014/recalls.md). Built 2014\-07\-28 to 2014\-08\-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.

- [14537](/bulletins/10247215.md), 2023-12-18, Service bulletin
- [13296A](/bulletins/10246787.md), 2023-12-11, Service bulletin
- [PIC5650J](/bulletins/10201252.md), 2021-09-13, Service bulletin
- [06\-08\-50\-009I](/bulletins/10112302.md), 2017-08-15, Service bulletin
- [14537](/bulletins/10067386.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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