NHTSA Complaint #11266157 — 2014 CHEVROLET IMPALA

I RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER FOR THE SIDE BLIND ZONE ALERT MESSAGE ON MY IMPALA AND I DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE WORDING IN THE LETTER "OF IT BEING COVERED WITHIN 6 YEARS OF THE DATE YOUR VEHICLE WAS ORIGINALLY PLACED IN SERVICE." I THOUGHT IT MEANT IT COULDN'T BE OLDER THAN 6 YEARS OLD BUT WASN'T SURE WHAT PLACED IN SERVICE MEANT AND ALSO NOT HAVE OVER 80,000 MILES ON IT. MY VEHICLE HAS ALMOST 26,000 AND MY DATE WAS SEPTEMBER 13 PER THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP, SO WHEN I CALLED TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT THEY TOLD ME IT WAS NOT COVERED ANYMORE. I HAD AN APPOINTMENT IN AUGUST BUT HAD TO CANCEL IT AS MY MOM WAS JUST PUT INTO HOSPICE AT THAT POINT. YOU WOULD THINK THEY WOULD PUT IN THE LETTER MY DATE OF ORIGINALLY PLACED IN SERVICE BUT IT WOULD MAKE IT A LOT EASIER TO UNDERSTAND. I AM HOPING THAT I CAN STILL HAVE IT FIXED AND NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR SOMETHING THAT GM MADE INCORRECTLY. MY SIDE BLIND ALERT COMES ON EVERY TIME I TURN MY CAR ON AND DOESN'T WORK IN THE RAIN WHEN I AM DRIVING. I THOUGHT THIS FEATURE WAS TO HELP PEOPLE BE MORE SAFE ON THE ROAD AND LESSEN CRASHES BUT IT SEEMS TO BE ABOUT MONEY FOR GM OR ELSE THEY WOULD FIX IT. I PAID A LOT OF MONEY FOR MY IMPALA AND ITS SPECIAL FEATURES AND THOUGH I KNOW THINGS WILL NEED TO BE FIXED, I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR GM'S MISTAKE WHEN MANUFACTURING THE VEHICLE. THANK YOU.