Recall · 20V638000
General Motors recalled 2 models over seat belts
1,788
Vehicles covered
2
Models
6
Model years
October 15, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
SEAT BELTS:FRONT
- The defect
- General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2014-2016 Chevrolet SS and Caprice Police Pursuit Vehicles (PPV) that were previously repaired under NHTSA recall number 16V-518. The repair may not have been performed properly. The driver's seat belt tensioner cable may be repeatedly bent over the seat side shield as the driver enters and exits the vehicle causing the cable to fatigue and separate.
- What it can cause
- If the tensioner cable separates, the driver may not be properly restrained in the event of a crash, increasing their risk of injury.
- What the dealer does
- GM will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the vehicles to determine whether the new seat trim was installed and replace the trim as necessary. Dealers will also inspect and replace the pretensioner cable assembly, as necessary. Repairs will be performed free of charge. The recall began November 17, 2020. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020. GM's number for this recall is N202312100
- 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 |
| ChevroletSS | 2014 to 2016 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 1,788 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 65% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. 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 seat belts 44 times before this, most recently in September 2020 as 20V581000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 1 of the 6 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 5 complaints with NHTSA, 4 of them before this campaign was filed. 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: 20V515000 (steering), 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 October 15, 2020 as campaign 20V638000. 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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