General Motors, LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2014-2017 Buick Enclave, Chevrolet Traverse, and GMC Acadia vehicles. The driver's air bag inflator may explode during deployment, due to a manufacturing defect.
Safety risk
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants, resulting in serious injury or death.
Manufacturer remedy
Dealers will replace the driver's air bag module, free of charge. GM began mailing final owner letters February 23, 2024 and will continue mailing through December 2025. Owners may contact Buick customer service at 1-800-521-7300, Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020, or GMC customer service at 1-800-462-8782. GM's number for this recall is N232404980.
General Motors, LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2015 Buick Enclave, Chevrolet Traverse and GMC Acadia vehicles. The driver's air bag inflator may explode during deployment, due to a manufacturing defect.
Safety risk
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants, resulting in serious injury or death.
Manufacturer remedy
Dealers will replace the drivers air bag module, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed February 23, 2023. Owners may contact Buick customer service at 1-800-521-7300; Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020 or GMC customer service at 1-800-462-8782. GM's number for this recall is N222366190.
General Motors, LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2010-2015, 2017 Buick Enclave, 2010-2019 Chevrolet Traverse, and 2011-2016 GMC Acadia vehicles. The side curtain air bags may not be properly attached.
Safety risk
Unsecured side curtain air bags may not perform as intended, increasing the risk of injury.
Manufacturer remedy
GM will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and, if necessary, realign or replace the weld nuts, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on May 24, 2021. Owners may contact Buick customer service at 1-800-521-7300, Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020, and GMC customer service at 1-800-462-8782. GM's number for this recall is N202321200.
General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2015 Buick Enclave vehicles manufactured December 9, 2014, to January 14, 2015, 2015 Chevrolet Traverse vehicles manufactured December 9, 2014, to January 20, 2015, and 2015 GMC Acadia vehicles manufactured December 9, 2014, to January 16, 2015, and all equipped with Goodyear P255/65R18 Fortera HL tires. These vehicles are equipped with tires that may experience tread cracking. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 110, "Tire Selection and Rims and Motor Home/Recreation Vehicle Trailer Load Carrying Capacity Information for Motor Vehicles with a GVWR of 4,536 kilograms (10,000 pounds) or Less."
Safety risk
If the tire treads crack, a loss of tire pressure and possible tire failure may result, increasing the risk of a crash.
Manufacturer remedy
GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the tires that were manufactured within a specific date range, free of charge. The rec all began on March 9, 2015. Owners may contact GM customer service at 1-800-521-7300 (Buick), 1-800-222-1020 (Chevrolet), or 1-800-462-8782 (GMC). GM's number for this recall is 15025/15067. Note: This recall is for Goodyear P255/65R18 Fortera HL tires installed as original equipment. For tires that were purchased as replacement equipment, see recall 15T-002.
Owner complaints
A complaint is one person's report to a federal agency. It is not a finding.
Component
Complaints
Median mileage
Air bags
112
40,835 mi
Electrical system
31
50,000 mi
Steering
31
52,000 mi
Power train
23
89,000 mi
Unknown or other
23
33,183 mi
Engine
20
18,860 mi
Seat belts
13
50,000 mi
Electronic stability control (ESC)
12
56,000 mi
Exterior lighting
11
58,000 mi
Fuel/propulsion system
8
36,427 mi
Lane departure: blind spot detection
7
—
Vehicle speed control
7
70,000 mi
Service brakes
5
35,021 mi
Visibility/wiper
5
42,000 mi
Tires
4
33,000 mi
Seats
3
50,000 mi
Structure: body
3
40,000 mi
Wheels
3
50,000 mi
Electrical system: body control module/BCM
2
177,000 mi
Exterior lighting: turn signal
2
196,448 mi
Exterior lighting: turn signal: bulbs
2
196,448 mi
Latches/locks/linkages: tailgate: latch
2
111,222 mi
Suspension
2
—
Air bags: frontal: driver side: cushion
1
140,000 mi
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
1
—
Air bags: sensor: occupant classification: status indicator lamp/light
1
—
Lane departure: assist
1
—
Parking brake
1
132,000 mi
Seats: front assembly: head restraint
1
200 mi
Tires: tread/belt
1
30,590 mi
Visibility
1
42,000 mi
Visibility: sun/moon roof assembly
1
40,974 mi
Visibility: windshield
1
55,000 mi
The 2014 model has about half as many complaints as this one. The 2016 model has roughly the same number of complaints as this one. These figures reflect raw complaint counts, not failure rates. Higher-selling model years naturally receive more complaints.
Safety recall repairs are provided free of charge by franchised dealers, regardless of vehicle age or mileage. This page displays aggregated data for the model year. To check recall status for a specific vehicle, search its VIN at nhtsa.gov.