NHTSA Campaign 16V651000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
NHTSA campaign 16V651000 covers 52 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the air bags: frontal. The repair is free.
General Motors LLC filed the report for 16V651000 with NHTSA on September 8, 2016; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 16V651000, NHTSA lists up to 3,640,162 potentially affected vehicles, built between September 30, 2013 and August 15, 2016.
The 16V651000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 16V651000 were scheduled from October 13, 2016, 35 days after the report.
16V651000 covers 16 models from GMC, Buick, Chevrolet and Cadillac, model years 2014–2017.
Owners of the model years 16V651000 covers have filed at least 131 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 16V651000 vehicles, the 2016 Chevrolet Trax has the most (19).
By potentially affected vehicles, 16V651000 ranks 2 of 243 General Motors LLC recalls on this site.
Besides 16V651000, General Motors LLC has 42 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 16V651000 was 16V507000, reported on July 5, 2016.
What this recall covers
- 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 fix
- 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.
Reported September 8, 2016
Vehicles covered by 16V651000 (52)
Chevrolet (26)
- 2014 Chevrolet Corvette
- 2015 Chevrolet Corvette
- 2016 Chevrolet Corvette
- 2017 Chevrolet Corvette
- 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
- 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
- 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
- 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
- 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 2500
- 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 2500
- 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 2500
- 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 3500
- 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 3500
- 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 3500
- 2014 Chevrolet Spark Ev
- 2015 Chevrolet Spark Ev
- 2016 Chevrolet Spark Ev
- 2014 Chevrolet SS
- 2015 Chevrolet SS
- 2016 Chevrolet SS
- 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe
- 2016 Chevrolet Tahoe
- 2017 Chevrolet Tahoe
- 2015 Chevrolet Trax
- 2016 Chevrolet Trax
- 2017 Chevrolet Trax
GMC (13)
Buick (7)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 16V651000, 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: September 8, 2016. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted