General Motors, LLC: Air Bags › Frontal › Driver Side › Inflator Module
General Motors, LLC reported this defect to federal regulators on May 21, 2026 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 5,014. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
General Motors, LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2015 Cadillac Escalade, Escalade ESV, XTS, 2015-2016 Cadillac ATS, CTS, and SRX vehicles. The front-driver air bag inflator may rupture during deployment.
The risk
An inflator rupture may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants, resulting in serious injury or death.
The remedy
Dealers will replace the front-driver air bag module, free of charge. Interim letters notifying owners of the safety risk were mailed June 19, 2026. Additional letters will be mailed once the remedy is available. Owners may contact Cadillac customer service at 1-800-333-4223. The manufacturer's number for this recall is N262555870. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on May 21, 2026.
9 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Cadillac ATS | 32 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016 Cadillac CTS | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 Cadillac SRX | 169 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 2015 Cadillac ATS | 30 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 Cadillac CTS | 49 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 Cadillac Escalade | 98 | 9 | 3 | 4 |
| 2015 Cadillac Escalade Esv | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 Cadillac SRX | 443 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 2015 Cadillac XTS | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
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 26V329000.
Full record for the 2016 Cadillac ATS → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →