General Motors has issued a recall on certain mid-size crossover models from the 2010 to 2019 model years, including the Chevy Traverse, GMC Acadia and Buick Enclave, for an issue related to the driver-side roof rail airbag bolts.
The problem: in affected vehicles, one or two of the weld nuts that secure the left-side roof rail airbag to the vehicle might have been damaged, or may be out of position or missing. If the roof rail airbag is not properly secured to the vehicle, the airbag may not perform as intended.
The hazards: the risk of injury in the event of a crash would be increased if the driver-side roof rail airbag does not perform as intended.
The fix: dealers are instructed to inspect the roof rail airbag attachments and provide or replace any found to be missing, damaged or out of position.
Affected components: driver-side roof rail airbag, roof rail airbag attachment bolts.
Affected vehicles:
- 2010-2015 Buick Enclave
- 2017 Buick Enclave
- 2010-2015 Chevy Traverse
- 2019 Chevy Traverse
- 2011 to 2014 GMC Acadia
- 2016 GMC Acadia
Number of affected vehicles: GM has not yet announced how many crossovers are affected by this particular issue.
Owners should: GM will notify owners of affected vehicles and instruct them to make an appointment with their dealer. If owners are unsure whether or not their vehicle is affected by this recall, they can visit my.gm.com/
Contacts:
- GM recall number: N202321200
- NHTSA Safety Hotline Contact: 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153)
- Chevrolet Customer Service: 1-800-222-1020
- GMC Customer Service: 1-800-462-8782
- Buick Customer Service: 1-800-521-7300
Subscribe to GM Authority for more General Motors recall news, Buick Enclave news, Buick news, Chevy Traverse news, Chevrolet news, GMC Acadia news, GMC news and around-the-clock General Motors news coverage.
Comments
If the weld nuts were out of position or missing why was this not a stop build on the assembly line? Roof rail air bags come with the attaching bolts preinstalled by the supplier so it would have been obvious to the assembly line worker that there were bolts hanging in mid air with no way to attach them. This is a safety issue and whoever authorized the vehicles to continue through without repair should be fired.