General Motors LLC: Suspension › Front › Control Arm
General Motors LLC reported this defect to federal regulators on Apr 28, 2016 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 3,738. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
Do not drive
NHTSA attached a do-not-drive advisory to this campaign. It applies to specific production runs, so check your own VIN with the manufacturer or at nhtsa.gov/recalls before driving the vehicle.
The defect
General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2016-2017 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and 2016 Cadillac Escalade, Cadillac Escalade ESV, Chevrolet Suburban, Chevrolet Tahoe, GMC Sierra, GMC Yukon and GMC Yukon XL vehicles. The front upper control arms may have inadequate welds near the control arm bushing.
The risk
Inadequate welds may allow the control arm to separate from the bushing, compromising steering and increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the left and right front upper control arms and realign the vehicle, free of charge. The recall began on May 18, 2016. Until the repairs have been made, owners are advised not to drive their vehicles. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020, Cadillac customer service at 1-800-458-8006, or GMC customer service at 1-800-462-8782. GM's number for this recall is 42190.
9 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 | 714 | 7 | 12 | 36 |
| 2016 Cadillac Escalade | 89 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 2016 Cadillac Escalade Esv | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 | 797 | 12 | 10 | 42 |
| 2016 Chevrolet Suburban | 220 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| 2016 Chevrolet Tahoe | 256 | 8 | 1 | 17 |
| 2016 GMC Sierra 1500 | 343 | 8 | 13 | 11 |
| 2016 GMC Yukon | 271 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 2016 GMC Yukon XL | 202 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 16V256000.
Full record for the 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →