Recall · 20V446000
General Motors recalled 12 models over air bags
769
Vehicles covered
12
Models
12
Model years
July 30, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW:CURTAIN:INFLATOR
- The defect
- General Motors, LLC. (GM) is recalling certain 2020 Buick Enclave, Cadillac XT5 and XT6, Chevrolet Blazer, Silverado 1500, 2500 and 3500 and Traverse and GMC Acadia and Sierra 1500, 2500 and 3500 vehicles. The diffuser component of the Roof-Rail Air Bag (RRAB) inflator may not have been properly crimped to the inflator and could separate from the inflator during air bag deployment.
- What it can cause
- If the diffuser separates from the inflator during deployment, RRAB performance may be degraded, increasing the risk of injury in a crash.
- What the dealer does
- GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the suspect RRAB modules, free of charge. The recall began September 3, 2020. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-630-2438, Cadillac customer service at 1-800-333-4223, or Buick customer service at 1-800-521-7300. GM's number for this recall is N202305380.
- NHTSA's note
- Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup.
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| Buick Enclave | 2020 | 2020 |
| Cadillac XT5 | 2020 | 2020 |
| Cadillac XT6 | 2020 | 2020 |
| Chevrolet Blazer | 2020 | 2020 |
| Chevrolet Silverado 1500 | 2020 | 2020 |
| Chevrolet Silverado 2500 | 2020 | 2020 |
| Chevrolet Silverado 3500 | 2020 | 2020 |
| Chevrolet Traverse | 2020 | 2020 |
| GMC Acadia | 2020 | 2020 |
| GMC Sierra 1500 | 2020 | 2020 |
| GMC Sierra 2500 | 2020 | 2020 |
| GMC Sierra 3500 | 2020 | 2020 |
How this campaign compares
At 769 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 55% of the 14,238 vehicle recalls with a published size filed from 1995 up to this one. The middle campaign among them covers 491. It covers one model year, 2020, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2020, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
Chevrolet vehicles have been recalled over the air bags 56 times before this, most recently in January 2020 as 20V011000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for all 12 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 2,211 complaints with NHTSA, 67 of them before this campaign was filed. 34 of those name the air bags, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 17 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V083000 (power train), 24V797000 (power train), 24V060000 (latches/locks/linkages), 22V709000 (back over prevention).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by General Motors LLC with NHTSA on July 30, 2020 as campaign 20V446000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
Compiled and maintained by guarledes. Data last checked 2020-07-30.
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