General Motors, LLC: Seat Belts › Critical Fasteners
General Motors, LLC reported this defect to federal regulators on Dec 17, 2020 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 624,216. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
General Motors, LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2019-2021 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and GMC Sierra 1500, 2021 Chevrolet Suburban and Tahoe and GMC Yukon XL and 2020-2021 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 and 3500 and GMC Sierra 2500 and 3500 vehicles. The seat belt brackets may not be secured to the seat frame in the front-row center seating position.
The risk
If a seat-belt bracket is not secured, the seat belt may not properly restrain an occupant in the front-row center seat position, increasing the risk of injury in a crash.
The remedy
GM will notify owners, and dealers will inspect left-side and right-side front-row center seat-belt bracket attachments and reassemble it correctly as necessary, free of charge. The recall began January 26, 2021. Owners may contact GMC customer service at 1-800-462-8782, Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020. GM's number for this recall is N202314670.
17 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 | 855 | 8 | 12 | 20 |
| 2021 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 | 89 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 Chevrolet Suburban | 205 | 12 | 1 | 6 |
| 2021 Chevrolet Tahoe | 464 | 16 | 3 | 9 |
| 2021 GMC Sierra 1500 | 599 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| 2021 GMC Sierra 2500 | 52 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| 2021 GMC Sierra 3500 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 GMC Yukon XL | 230 | 12 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 | 750 | 12 | 10 | 13 |
| 2020 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 | 109 | 10 | 3 | 2 |
| 2020 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 | 42 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 GMC Sierra 1500 | 484 | 12 | 5 | 12 |
| 2020 GMC Sierra 2500 | 80 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| 2020 GMC Sierra 3500 | 51 | 8 | 2 | 4 |
| 2019 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 | 1,097 | 10 | 8 | 28 |
| 2019 GMC Sierra 1500 | 658 | 10 | 3 | 13 |
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 20V792000.
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