NHTSA Campaign 16V063000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
NHTSA campaign 16V063000 covers 12 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module. The repair is free.
General Motors LLC filed the report for 16V063000 with NHTSA on February 3, 2016; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 16V063000, NHTSA lists up to 113,716 potentially affected vehicles, built between June 23, 2010 and February 21, 2011.
The 16V063000 report reached NHTSA 5 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 16V063000 were scheduled from March 1, 2017, 392 days after the report.
16V063000 covers 3 models from Saab and Saturn, model years 2006–2011.
Owners of the model years 16V063000 covers have filed at least 430 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 16V063000 vehicles, the 2008 Saturn Astra has the most (96).
By potentially affected vehicles, 16V063000 ranks 54 of 243 General Motors LLC recalls on this site.
Besides 16V063000, General Motors LLC has 42 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 16V063000 was 15V666000, reported on October 16, 2015.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2006-2011 Saab 9-3 vehicles manufactured May 31, 2002, to February 15, 2011, 2006-2009 Saab 9-5 vehicles manufactured June 7, 2005, to May 28, 2009, and 2008-2009 Saturn Astra vehicles manufactured April 11, 2007, to July 24, 2008. Upon deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, excessive internal pressure may cause the inflator to rupture.
- The risk
- In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
- The fix
- GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the driver's frontal air bag inflator on Saab 9-3 and 9-5 vehicles and will replace the driver's frontal airbag module on Saturn Astra vehicles, free of charge. The recall began on March 1, 2017. Owners may contact Saab customer service at 1-800-955-9007 or Saturn customer service at 1-800-553-6000. GM's number for this recall is 28810.
Reported February 3, 2016
Vehicles covered by 16V063000 (12)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 16V063000, 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: February 3, 2016. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted