Recall · 20V515000
General Motors recalled the CHEVROLET Caprice Police Pursuit over steering
95
Vehicles covered
1
Model
3
Model years
August 27, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
- The defect
- General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2014-2016 Chevrolet Caprice Police Pursuit vehicles (PPV), that did not get a replacement steering gear under recalls 17V-265 or 16V-160. The connector between the electric power steering module and the torque sensor may fail, possibly resulting in a loss of electric power steering assist.
- What it can cause
- A greater steering effort would be needed to control the vehicle if power steering assist is lost, especially at lower speeds, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- GM will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the steering gear assembly, replacing any that are not of the approved part numbers, free of charge. The recall began September 23, 2020. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020. GM's number for this recall is N202306620.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ChevroletCaprice Police Pursuit | 2014 to 2016 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 95 vehicles this is a small campaign: 70% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published are as large or larger. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2014 to 2016, so the oldest vehicles on it were 6 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Chevrolet vehicles have been recalled over the steering 49 times before this, most recently in May 2020 as 20V254000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 1 of the 3 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 5 complaints with NHTSA, 4 of them before this campaign was filed. 4 of those name the steering, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in March 2016, 4 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 2 other recalls published here: 20V638000 (seat belts), 20V254000 (steering).
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 August 27, 2020 as campaign 20V515000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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