General Motors is recalling certain 2016 model year Chevrolet Traverse, GMC Acadia, and Buick Enclave over an issue with the lower seat frame welds on the third row loft lower seat frame.
The problem:Â affected vehicles have a the third row left lower seat frame that may have welds that are not in the correction location.
The hazard:Â if the seat frame is not welded in the correct places, the seat may not perform as intended, and in the event of a crash, the seat occupant could be at an increased risk of injury.
Affected vehicles:
- 2016 Chevrolet Traverse manufactured November 6, 2015 to November 12, 2015
- 2016 GMC Acadia manufactured November 6, 2015 to November 12, 2015
- 2016 Buick Enclave manufactured November 6, 2015 to November 12, 2015
Number of vehicles affected:Â 2,633 (United States figure).
The fix:Â GM will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the third row left side lower seat frame, replacing it as necessary, free of charge. GMÂ has not yet provided a notification schedule.
Owners should: customers looking to find out if their vehicle is included in this GM recall should visit recalls.gm.com. There, owners will be able to enter their Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) to see any open recalls as well as customer satisfaction programs. If the vehicle is part of the recall, customers should take it to a General Motors dealer.
Owners can also contact Chevrolet, GMC, or Buick customer service with questions by using the following information.
Contacts:
- Chevrolet Customer Service: 1-800-222-1020
- GMC Customer Service: 1-800-462-8782
- Buick Customer Service: 1-800-521-7300
- GM Recall Number: 21930
- NHTSA Toll Free: 1-888-327-4236
- NHTSA (TTY): 1-800-424-9153
- NHTSA Website: www.safecar.gov
- NHTSA Recall Number:Â 15V833000
Comments
They make all these Lambda crossovers for gazillion years, and still drop the ball with the production of these from time to time.
Such a lame clownery… New GM, new this, new that, bla-bla-bla… Poor parts sometimes, poor workmanship sometimes, big $$$ for the bosses always.
I own GM vehicle myself (2010 Buick LaCrosse CXL + options), despite being relatively young (33 now), and I should say that it’s OK so far – it doesn’t really break so far (around 70000 miles on it) and it has no recalls so far (except the 3.0L V6 LF1 in mine is a really inefficient gas guzzler in the city, but I knew that in advance, so no real surprises here. Performance-wise, this unpopular, blamed and bashed engine is not as bad as most people use to think, though.)
Not very impressed with the new 2017 LaCrosse either – to me, the rear of the car is not really up to the job for the flagship Buick sedan (as some people noted elsewhere, the rear resembles Impala and Azera at the same time).
Overall, I can’t help but start thinking my next vehicle in the future might be something from Lexus, Honda/Acura or KIA/Genesis camps.
Just one more thing about LF1 performance (sorry for the offtopic here): it IS obviously more powerful than two lesser powertrains in LaCrosse (2.4 LAF and 2.4 LUK eAssist, and LF1 DOES drive faster. Just the fuel economy is no good. That’s why it was axed just after one model year, 2010, in favor of 3.6 LLT and then LFX in LaCrosse, me thinks.
The thing I don’t get with these Lambda crossovers is why they didn’t update the engine in them from LLT to LFX since 2012. Why still keep the older engine (LLT) from 2008-2009 in them? Expenses to refit the production from LLT to LFX were deemed unnecessary? Higher torque of LLT vs LFX in FWD (seems odd)? Specific LLT-related jobs? Or what? Who knows?
Engine bay constraints and the associated cost of re-engineering to fit the LFX.
Thanks for the info; in contrast, they did, however, install LFX into much older previous gen Impala (2006-2013) at the end of its life-cycle, before it was replaced by new (current) Impala (2014-present), not even saying about the 2nd gen LaCrosse getting LFX back in 2012 (which is way of course more modern that that older Impala).
If I would be them, I would still replace LLT with LFX and retire LLT (stop installing it in new vehicles), say, in 2013, because they spent money facelifting these Lambda crossovers anyway in 2013.
It’s getting too complex with all these new CUVs and SUVs, with all these new Cadillacs and what category does the EV Bolt thing go under; I just miss those days when there was only the Trailblazer, Envoy and Rainer and like when the SRX still had 3 rows.