NHTSA Campaign 17V487000
CHILD SEAT:TETHER: CONNECTOR/CLIP
NHTSA campaign 17V487000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the child seat: tether: connector/clip. The repair is free.
General Motors LLC filed the report for 17V487000 with NHTSA on August 3, 2017; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 17V487000, NHTSA lists up to 29,647 potentially affected vehicles, built between May 5, 2016 and May 9, 2017.
The 17V487000 report reached NHTSA 3 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 17V487000 were scheduled from September 25, 2017, 53 days after the report.
17V487000 covers 2 models from Chevrolet and GMC, model years 2017.
By potentially affected vehicles, 17V487000 ranks 97 of 243 General Motors LLC recalls on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, and GMC Sierra 1500 trucks. The owner's manual for the affected vehicles may be missing instructions on how to use the tether anchorage and child restraint anchorage systems. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 225, "Child Restraint Anchorage Systems."
- The risk
- If the instructions are missing from the owner's manual, the child seat may be installed incorrectly and not be properly secured, increasing the risk of injury in a crash.
- The fix
- GM will notify owners, and dealers will provide a corrected insert for the owners manual, free of charge. The recall began on September 25, 2017. Owners may contact GM customer service at 1-800-222-1020 (Chevrolet), or 1-800-462-8782 (GMC). GM's number for this recall is 17307.
Reported August 3, 2017
Vehicles covered by 17V487000 (2)
Chevrolet (1)
GMC (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 17V487000, 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: August 3, 2017. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted