Recall · 24V738000
General Motors recalled 3 models over air bags
25
Vehicles covered
3
Models
3
Model years
October 2, 2024
Filed with NHTSA
AIR BAGS: AIR BAG/RESTRAINT CONTROL MODULE:SOFTWARE
- The defect
- General Motors, LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2024 Chevrolet Silverado Medium Duty 4500HD, 5500HD, 6500HD vehicles. The air bag sensing and diagnostic module (SDM) may not have been activated during installation.
- What it can cause
- Inactive air bags will not deploy in a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
- What the dealer does
- A Navistar technician will activate the air bag module, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed November 1, 2024. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020. GM's number for this recall is N242477760.
- 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 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 .
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| ChevroletSilverado 4500HD | 2024 | Not published here |
| ChevroletSilverado 5500HD | 2024 | Not published here |
| ChevroletSilverado 6500HD | 2024 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 25 vehicles this is a small campaign: 85% 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 one model year, 2024, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2024, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
Chevrolet vehicles have been recalled over the air bags 80 times before this, most recently in December 2023 as 23V870000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
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 2, 2024 as campaign 24V738000. 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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