NHTSA recall 15V202000

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.

Campaign
Published by	NHTSA (United States)
Campaign number	15V202000
Manufacturer's number	15259
Manufacturer	General Motors LLC
Reported	2015-04-06
Owners notified	2015-05-06
Component	PARKING BRAKE
Units potentially affected	126

Remedy progress the manufacturer reported
Report	Quarterly report 6, for 2016 quarter 3
Filed with NHTSA	2016-10-17
Vehicles in the campaign	126
Reported remedied	120 (95%)
Reported unreachable	0
Reported removed	0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2016 quarter 3, 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 2014 Chevrolet Impala vehicles manufactured March 22, 2013, to May 22, 2014. In the affected vehicles, the electronic parking brake piston actuation arm may not fully retract causing the brake pads to stay partially engaged. Thus, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Systems (FMVSS) No. 135 "Light Vehicle Brake Systems."

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 has notified owners, and dealers will reprogram the electronic parking brake control module with new software, free of charge. The recall began on May 6, 2015. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020. GM's number for this recall is 15259. Note: The vehicles covered by this campaign were previously remedied incorrectly under campaigns 14V541 or 15V085.

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
2014 CHEVROLET IMPALA	Built 2013-03-22 to 2014-05-22.

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

Bulletins for the same vehicles and component
14471	2023-12-18. Service bulletin. Electronic Park Brake Drag
PIC5541B	2023-12-11. Service bulletin. Rattle Noise From Rear Of Vehicle While Driving At Low Speeds Over Small To Medium Sized Bumps.
PI1410B	2018-05-21. Service bulletin. This preliminary informational bulletin provides information regarding the normal characteristic of instrument panel red brake light intermittently comes on.
99-04-20-002I	2017-08-15. Service bulletin. This informational bulletin explains a normal condition for what and how the drive line can clunk.
15344	2017-02-01. 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-15344	2016-02-05. 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
PIE-0300	2014-10-11. 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.