NHTSA Campaign 15V044000
TIRES
NHTSA campaign 15V044000 covers 3 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the tires. The repair is free.
General Motors LLC filed the report for 15V044000 with NHTSA on January 28, 2015; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 15V044000, NHTSA lists up to 9,074 potentially affected vehicles, built between December 9, 2014 and January 16, 2015.
Owner notification letters for 15V044000 were scheduled from March 9, 2015, 40 days after the report.
15V044000 covers 3 models from Buick, Chevrolet and GMC, model years 2015.
By potentially affected vehicles, 15V044000 ranks 130 of 243 General Motors LLC recalls on this site.
Besides 15V044000, General Motors LLC has 3 other recalls on the tires on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2015 Buick Enclave vehicles manufactured December 9, 2014, to January 14, 2015, 2015 Chevrolet Traverse vehicles manufactured December 9, 2014, to January 20, 2015, and 2015 GMC Acadia vehicles manufactured December 9, 2014, to January 16, 2015, and all equipped with Goodyear P255/65R18 Fortera HL tires. These vehicles are equipped with tires that may experience tread cracking. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 110, "Tire Selection and Rims and Motor Home/Recreation Vehicle Trailer Load Carrying Capacity Information for Motor Vehicles with a GVWR of 4,536 kilograms (10,000 pounds) or Less."
- The risk
- If the tire treads crack, a loss of tire pressure and possible tire failure may result, increasing the risk of a crash.
- The fix
- GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the tires that were manufactured within a specific date range, free of charge. The rec all began on March 9, 2015. Owners may contact GM customer service at 1-800-521-7300 (Buick), 1-800-222-1020 (Chevrolet), or 1-800-462-8782 (GMC). GM's number for this recall is 15025/15067. Note: This recall is for Goodyear P255/65R18 Fortera HL tires installed as original equipment. For tires that were purchased as replacement equipment, see recall 15T-002.
Reported January 28, 2015
Vehicles covered by 15V044000 (3)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 15V044000, not that your own vehicle does: a campaign covers a range of VINs. A VIN check on NHTSA's lookup shows whether it is.
Newest record on this page: January 28, 2015. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted