Buick Encore, Lacrosse; Cadillac Escalade, Escalade ESV and 15 more (2014-2017): Air bags
Recall 16V651000 · Sep 8, 2016 · General Motors LLC
3,640,162
vehicles affected
3,640,162
vehicles affected
Facts
- Recall number
- 16V651000
- Date
- Sep 8, 2016
- Maker
- General Motors LLC
- Units affected
- 3,640,162
- Kind
- Vehicles
- Component
- Air bags > Frontal; Seat belts > Pretensioner; Air bags > Frontal > Sensor/control module-inactive
- Model years
- 2014-2017
- Started by
- The maker
- Hazard
- Crash risk
What is wrong
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.
What can happen
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
Recall repairs are free of charge.
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.
Vehicles covered
19 models, 63 model years in all
| Make | Model | Model years |
|---|---|---|
| Buick | Encore | 2014-2017 |
| Buick | Lacrosse | 2014-2016 |
| Cadillac | Escalade | 2015-2017 |
| Cadillac | Escalade Esv | 2015-2017 |
| Chevrolet | Caprice Police Pursuit | 2014-2017 |
| Chevrolet | Cheverolet SS | 2014-2016 |
| Chevrolet | Corvette | 2014-2017 |
| Chevrolet | Silverado 1500 | 2014-2017 |
| Chevrolet | Silverado 2500 | 2015-2017 |
| Chevrolet | Silverado 3500 | 2015-2017 |
| Chevrolet | Spark EV | 2014-2016 |
| Chevrolet | Suburban | 2015-2017 |
| Chevrolet | Tahoe | 2015-2017 |
| Chevrolet | Trax | 2014-2017 |
| GMC | Sierra 1500 | 2014-2017 |
| GMC | Sierra 2500 | 2015-2017 |
| GMC | Sierra 3500 | 2015-2017 |
| GMC | Yukon | 2015-2017 |
| GMC | Yukon XL | 2015-2017 |
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Questions and answers
Which vehicles are in recall 16V651000?
19 models: Buick Encore (2014-2017), Buick Lacrosse (2014-2016), Cadillac Escalade (2015-2017) and 16 more, about 3.64 million vehicles in all.
What is the fix for recall 16V651000?
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.
What can happen?
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.
A recall means the maker found a safety problem and offers a free fix; it does not mean every unit has the problem. Units affected are as reported by the company. Popular models sell more and so have more recalls and complaints. Official public data; texts are shortened. A dealer can tell whether a single vehicle still needs the repair.