If the front passenger air bag deploys with a child seat in the front passenger seat, it increases the risk of injury to the child.

Air Bags

Summary

General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2014-2015 Chevrolet Impala vehicles manufactured April 15, 2013, to June 19, 2015, equipped with front vented-heated passenger seats. Accordingly, the Automatic Occupant Sensing (AOS) system may fail to suppress the front passenger air bag if a child seat is in the front passenger seat. These vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."

Actions

GM will notify owners, and dealers will correct the calibration-learning error by preconditioning the empty seat, and also resetting the ECU to a seat zero-value, free of charge. The recall began on August 25, 2015. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020. GM's number for this recall is 15400.

Documents (13)

• Recall Acknowledgement
• Manufacturer Notices(to Dealers,etc) - 15400A – Noncompliance Recall Passenger Occupant Detection Sensing Customer Letter Added
• Safety Bulletin - Bulletin No.: 15400A Date: August 2015
• Non-Compliance Notice 573 Report/FMVSS 208
• Manufacturer Notices(to Dealers,etc) - 15400 – Noncompliance Recall – Stop Delivery Until Completion of Recall Passenger Occupant Detection Sensing
• Remedy Instructions and TSB - Bulletin No.: 15400 Date: July 2015
• Recall Quarterly Report - 2015-Q4
• Recall Quarterly Report - 2015-Q3
• Recall Quarterly Report #4, 2016-2
• Recall Quarterly Report - 2016-Q1
• Owner Notification Letter(Part 577)
• Recall Quarterly Report #5, 2016-3
• Recall Quarterly Report #6, 2016-4

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