9/8/16 Frontal Airbag And Pretensioner Non Deploy

[Cosmic Charlie]

 

Re: Airbag Recall 4.3 Million Vehicles

by Cosmic Charlie » 9 minutes ago

GM Recall #:

2016007

 

NHTSA #

 

Date Issued:

Sep 08, 2016

 

Recall Title:

Frontal Airbag And Pretensioner Non Deploy

 

Recall Description:

 

General Motors has decided that a defect which relates to motor vehicle safety exists in certain 2014-2017 model year Chevrolet Silverado LD, GMC Sierra LD, Buick Encore, Chevrolet Trax, Chevrolet Caprice Police, and Chevrolet Corvette vehicles, 2014-2016 model year Buick Lacrosse, Chevrolet Spark EV, and Chevrolet SS vehicles and 2015-2017 model year Chevrolet Silverado HD, GMC Sierra HD, GMC Yukon, GMC Yukon XL, Cadillac Escalade Cadillac Escalade ESV, Chevrolet Suburban, and Chevrolet Tahoe vehicles. The sensing and diagnostic module (SDM) in these vehicles, which controls airbag and pretensioner deployment, contains a software defect which may prevent the deployment of frontal airbags and pretensioners in certain rare circumstances. If the frontal airbags and seatbelt pretensioners do not deploy when required, there is an increased risk of injury to occupants in a crash.

[SouthernSilveradoGuy85]

It's already a few threads about this. I made my appointment for Tuesday. She said all they will do is reprogram the module and should only take about 20 minutes.

[Rob#2]

I checked by VIN both my 2014 corvette and 2014 Silverado and they are both listed.


The Silverado was just at the dealer on the day this was released for a seatbelt tensioner recall.
How are these recalls disseminated to dealers?
I would think that the dealer would check all recalls and bulletins against the vin before calling a customer and stating that all work was completed. As of me typing this post, according to https://vinrcl.safercar.gov/vin/ my seatbelt tensioner is still in need of repair.

[SnakeEyeSS]

I checked by VIN both my 2014 corvette and 2014 Silverado and they are both listed.

 

 

The Silverado was just at the dealer on the day this was released for a seatbelt tensioner recall.

How are these recalls disseminated to dealers?

I would think that the dealer would check all recalls and bulletins against the vin before calling a customer and stating that all work was completed. As of me typing this post, according to https://vinrcl.safercar.gov/vin/ my seatbelt tensioner is still in need of repair.

Why? Another chance to get you in and sell a needless service.

[Cosmic Charlie]

Why? Another chance to get you in and sell a needless service.

 

That comment has proven to absolutely correct - more often than not !

[Lpsventures]

So. I had the seat belt tensioner recall done yesterday. What a piece of crap fix that GM has come up with. Their solution is to cut the rubber away from the belt and fix the tensioner at the base. They sent the dealers a template to cut the rubber. So now I have the driver's side seatbelt with a "hole" where it comes out and the passenger side is left alone.

 

I'm wondering why left side is faulty and not the right as well.

 

The dealer has no other fix to make it look good.

 

So I called GM customer care in Oshawa and they are "looking into this".

 

Not sure if anyone else is unhappy about this fix, but on a $60 k truck GM had better come up with something better. Really adds to the resale value.

 

See pictures attached. Before and after.