Recall · 20V668000
General Motors recalled 12 models over power train
194,105
Vehicles covered
12
Models
25
Model years
October 29, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
- The defect
- General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2018-2019 Chevrolet Cruze and Buick LaCrosse, 2018-2020 Chevrolet Equinox, Chevrolet Traverse and GMC Terrain, 2018 Chevrolet Malibu, 2019-2020 Buick Encore, Buick Enclave, Cadillac XT4, Chevrolet Blazer and GMC Acadia, and 2020 Cadillac XT6 vehicles. The start/stop accumulator endcap may have missing bolts.
- What it can cause
- Missing bolts on the start-stop accumulator endcap could result in a transmission oil leak and may progress to a loss of propulsion, increasing the risk of a crash. A transmission fluid leak in the presence of an ignition source may increase the risk of fire.
- What the dealer does
- GM will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the start-stop transmission accumulator and replace it if any bolts are missing, free of charge. The recall began December 15, 2020. Owners may contact GMC customer service at 1-888-988-7267, Buick Customer service at 1-866-608-8080, Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020 or Cadillac customer service at 1-800-458-8006. GM's number for this recall is N202313440.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BuickEnclave | 2019 to 2020 | 20192020 |
| BuickEncore | 2019 to 2020 | 20192020 |
| BuickLacrosse | 2018 to 2019 | 2018 |
| CadillacXT4 | 2019 to 2020 | 20192020 |
| CadillacXT6 | 2020 | 2020 |
| ChevroletBlazer | 2019 to 2020 | 20192020 |
| ChevroletCruze | 2018 to 2019 | 20182019 |
| ChevroletEquinox | 2018 to 2020 | 201820192020 |
| ChevroletMalibu | 2018 | 2018 |
| ChevroletTraverse | 2018 to 2020 | 201820192020 |
| GMCAcadia | 2019 to 2020 | 20192020 |
| GMCTerrain | 2018 to 2020 | 201820192020 |
How this campaign compares
At 194,105 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 95% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2018 to 2020, so the oldest vehicles on it were 2 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Chevrolet vehicles have been recalled over the power train 37 times before this, most recently in October 2020 as 20V650000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for all 25 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 4,671 complaints with NHTSA, 809 of them before this campaign was filed. 1,214 of those name the power train, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in June 2017, 3 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 13 other recalls published here, the newest being: 23V339000 (child seat), 22V868000 (back over prevention), 22V709000 (back over prevention), 22V210000 (air bags).
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 29, 2020 as campaign 20V668000. 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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