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Chevrolet Express, Gmc Savana, model year 2013. Filed by General Motors LLC and reported to NHTSA on 14 January 2013. 980 vehicles potentially affected.

What the notice says General Motors (GM) is recalling certain model year 2013 Chevrolet Express vehicles manufactured November 1, 2012, through December 21, 2012; and model year 2013 GMC Savana vehicles, manufactured November 14, 2012, through November 20, 2012. It may be possible to remove the key from the ignition when the vehicle is …

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General Motors's own number for this recall: 12332. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 13V010 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.

What owners ask about this recall

Which vehicles does recall 13V010 cover?
Chevrolet Express, GMC Savana, model year 2013.
What is wrong with them?
General Motors (GM) is recalling certain model year 2013 Chevrolet Express vehicles manufactured November 1, 2012, through December 21, 2012; and model year 2013 GMC Savana vehicles, manufactured November 14, 2012, through November 20, 2012.
What can happen if it is not put right?
If the ignition key is removed while the vehicle is still on and/or the vehicle is not in Park, the vehicle may rollaway and the unintended movement of the vehicle may result in a possible crash or injury to pedestrians.
Is there a fix yet?
Yes, and it is free. GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the ignition lock cylinder and the two associated keys. This service will be performed free of charge. The recall began on February 8, 2013. For more information, GMC owners may call 1-866-996-9463 and Chevrolet owners may call 1-800-630-2438.
What should I do now?
Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. General Motors calls this recall 12332, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.

Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.

What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “If the ignition key is removed while the vehicle is still on and/or the vehicle is not in Park, the vehicle may rollaway and the unintended movement of the vehicle may result in a possible crash or injury to pedestrians.”

980vehicles potentially
affected
2models named
in the notice
0rewrites we have
caught
reported 14 January 2013owners told 8 February 2013today
The defect reached the regulator on 14 January 2013. Owners were written to 25 days later, on 8 February 2013. The median across the 14,869 American recalls that carry both dates is 41 days, and nine in ten owners are written to within 107. This campaign was quicker than most.
Campaign13V010
Filed byGeneral Motors LLC
System at faultElectrical System:Ignition
Reported to NHTSA14 January 2013
Model years2013-2013
Vehicles namedCHEVROLET EXPRESS, GMC SAVANA

What the notice says today

The consequence

If the ignition key is removed while the vehicle is still on and/or the vehicle is not in Park, the vehicle may rollaway and the unintended movement of the vehicle may result in a possible crash or injury to pedestrians.

The remedy

GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the ignition lock cylinder and the two associated keys. This service will be performed free of charge. The recall began on February 8, 2013. For more information, GMC owners may call 1-866-996-9463 and Chevrolet owners may call 1-800-630-2438.

What it said before

This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.

This is one of 1,836 notices in the record whose component field names electrical system. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 41 days.

Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.

The models named here, across their whole recall history

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CarsMultiverse, recall 13V010, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/13v010/

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