NHTSA campaign 16V651000 · Part 573 safety recall report

General Motors LLC: Seat Belts › Pretensioner

General Motors LLC reported this defect to federal regulators on Sep 8, 2016 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 3,640,162. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.

The defect

General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2015-2017 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD, 3500 HD, Tahoe, Suburban, GMC Sierra 2500 HD and 3500 HD, GMC Yukon, GMC Yukon XL, Cadillac Escalade and Cadillac Escalade ESV vehicles and 2014-2017 Chevrolet Corvette, Silverado 1500, Trax, Caprice Police Pursuit Vehicle, GMC Sierra 1500, Buick Encore, and 2014-2016 Buick Lacrosse, Chevrolet Spark EV and SS vehicles. In the affected vehicles, certain driving conditions may cause the air bag sensing and diagnostic module (SDM) software to activate a diagnostic test. During this test, deployment of the frontal air bags and the seat belt pretensioners would not occur in the event of a crash.

The risk

A failure of the front air bags or seat belt pretensioners to deploy in the event of a crash necessitating deployment increases the risk of injury to the driver and front passenger.

The remedy

GM will notify owners, and dealers will reflash the SDM software. Vehicles that have had a previous air bag deployment will have the SDM replaced. These repairs will be performed free of charge. The recall began on October 13, 2016. Owners may contact Buick customer service at 1-800-521-7300, Cadillac customer service at 1-800-458-8006, Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020, or GMC customer service at 1-800-462-8782. GM's number for this recall is 16007.

63 model years covered

Newest first

Vehicle	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Crashes
2017 Buick Encore	90	2	4	12
2017 Cadillac Escalade	51	2	1	2
2017 Cadillac Escalade Esv	38	1	1	4
2017 Chevrolet Caprice Police Pursuit	0	1	0	0
2017 Chevrolet Corvette	257	4	0	3
2017 Chevrolet Silverado 1500	714	7	12	36
2017 Chevrolet Silverado 2500	54	5	5	2
2017 Chevrolet Silverado 3500	13	6	0	0
2017 Chevrolet Suburban	142	5	3	7
2017 Chevrolet Tahoe	175	4	1	3
2017 Chevrolet Trax	114	3	3	10
2017 GMC Sierra 1500	355	6	4	14
2017 GMC Sierra 2500	37	6	1	2
2017 GMC Sierra 3500	13	7	1	1
2017 GMC Yukon	196	3	1	10
2017 GMC Yukon XL	147	1	0	7
2016 Buick Encore	80	2	1	6
2016 Buick Lacrosse	48	2	2	5
2016 Cadillac Escalade	89	4	3	2
2016 Cadillac Escalade Esv	15	3	0	2
2016 Chevrolet Caprice Police Pursuit	0	8	0	0
2016 Chevrolet Cheverolet SS	24	7	0	0
2016 Chevrolet Corvette	105	2	1	1
2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500	797	12	10	42
2016 Chevrolet Silverado 2500	123	6	2	5
2016 Chevrolet Silverado 3500	51	7	0	3
2016 Chevrolet Spark EV	14	2	0	2
2016 Chevrolet Suburban	220	6	1	9
2016 Chevrolet Tahoe	256	8	1	17
2016 Chevrolet Trax	120	5	2	9
2016 GMC Sierra 1500	343	8	13	11
2016 GMC Sierra 2500	59	6	0	1
2016 GMC Sierra 3500	19	7	0	0
2016 GMC Yukon	271	5	0	4
2016 GMC Yukon XL	202	3	2	7
2015 Buick Encore	124	4	2	6
2015 Buick Lacrosse	44	3	0	5
2015 Cadillac Escalade	98	9	3	4
2015 Cadillac Escalade Esv	8	6	0	1
2015 Chevrolet Caprice Police Pursuit	0	8	0	0
2015 Chevrolet Cheverolet SS	17	7	0	1
2015 Chevrolet Corvette	65	5	0	3
2015 Chevrolet Silverado 1500	1,111	11	14	58
2015 Chevrolet Silverado 2500	179	6	7	6
2015 Chevrolet Silverado 3500	52	7	3	2
2015 Chevrolet Spark EV	7	3	0	0
2015 Chevrolet Suburban	431	11	8	21
2015 Chevrolet Tahoe	659	14	2	29
2015 Chevrolet Trax	96	7	2	13
2015 GMC Sierra 1500	720	9	9	23
2015 GMC Sierra 2500	90	6	5	5
2015 GMC Sierra 3500	31	7	1	1
2015 GMC Yukon	529	10	4	9
2015 GMC Yukon XL	308	2	3	6
2014 Buick Encore	60	4	0	3
2014 Buick Lacrosse	63	5	1	7
2014 Chevrolet Caprice Police Pursuit	5	7	0	0
2014 Chevrolet Cheverolet SS	51	9	0	2
2014 Chevrolet Corvette	63	5	1	5
2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500	1,437	6	18	61
2014 Chevrolet Spark EV	4	3	0	0
2014 Chevrolet Trax	0	2	0	0
2014 GMC Sierra 1500	743	9	7	25

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 16V651000.

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