NHTSA Campaign 16V868000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN
NHTSA campaign 16V868000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the engine and engine cooling: cooling system: fan. The repair is free.
General Motors LLC filed the report for 16V868000 with NHTSA on December 2, 2016; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 16V868000, NHTSA lists up to 49,927 potentially affected vehicles, built between August 24, 2009 and December 1, 2013.
The 16V868000 report reached NHTSA 3 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 16V868000 were scheduled from September 7, 2017, 279 days after the report.
16V868000 covers 1 model from Chevrolet, model years 2013.
By potentially affected vehicles, 16V868000 ranks 81 of 243 General Motors LLC recalls on this site.
Besides 16V868000, General Motors LLC has 3 other recalls on the engine and engine cooling on this site; the one before 16V868000 was 15V701000, reported on October 26, 2015.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2010-2014 Chevrolet Tahoe Police Pursuit vehicles manufactured August 24, 2009, to December 1, 2013. The affected vehicles, equipped with special equipment options for police or government service, may experience corrosion of the under-hood cooling fan assembly due to fluid intrusion, which may result in an electrical short circuit.
- The risk
- A short circuit increases the risk of a fire.
- The fix
- GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the fan motor and shroud, extend the wiring and re-orient the fan motor to reduce the risk of corrosion, free of charge. The recall began on September 7, 2017. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020. GM's number for this recall is 16145.
Reported December 2, 2016
Vehicles covered by 16V868000 (1)
Chevrolet (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 16V868000, 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: December 2, 2016. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted