Recall · 22V359000
General Motors recalled 4 models over seats
221
Vehicles covered
4
Models
4
Model years
May 19, 2022
Filed with NHTSA
SEATS
- The defect
- General Motors, LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2021 Chevrolet Malibu, 2022 Chevrolet Equinox, Blazer and Cadillac XT4 vehicles. The driver's seat cushion frame may have an improper weld in the power tilt-adjustment mechanism.
- What it can cause
- An improperly welded seat frame may not adequately restrain the driver in a crash, increasing their risk of injury.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect the driver's seat and replace the cushion frame, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed June 23, 2022. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020 or Cadillac customer service at 1-800-458-8006. GM's number for this recall is N212356050.
- 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.nhtsa.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 .
How this campaign compares
At 221 vehicles this is a small campaign: 59% 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 2021 to 2022, so the oldest vehicles on it were one model year old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Chevrolet vehicles have been recalled over the seats 22 times before this, most recently in November 2020 as 20V735000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 3 of the 4 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 299 complaints with NHTSA, 5 of them before this campaign was filed. 2 of those name the seats, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in April 2021, 1 year before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 5 other recalls published here, the newest being: 23V339000 (child seat), 23V013000 (fuel system, gasoline), 22V724000 (seats), 21V649000 (seat belts).
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 May 19, 2022 as campaign 22V359000. 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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