General Motors has issued a recall of 12,662 2009 Cadillac CTS luxury vehicles from a problem that may cause the front passenger-side airbag to disable.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, “Under certain conditions, a software condition within the passenger-sensing system may disable the front passenger airbag when it should be enabled or enable it when it should be disabled. In a vehicle crash, if the front passenger airbag does not operate as designed, increased personal injury could occur.”
GM said it became aware of the problem between July 24 and September 23, 2008 when four test fleet vehicles were reported to have the passenger airbag status “off” light illuminated while the front passenger seat was occupied. The recall will begin on November 18, 2008.
Cadillac dealers will reprogram the system module that controls the passenger-sensing system for free.