General Motors has released a Safety Recall for certain units of the 2025 Chevy Express vans that were produced with improper welds at the connection point of an impact beam in the driver’s side door.
The problem: 2025 Chevy Express vans affected by this issue were built with an impact beam located in the driver’s side door, which had improper welds at the beam’s front connection point.
The hazards: a 2025 Chevy Express with improper impact beam welds may not perform as intended in a side-impact crash, increasing the risk of injury to the driver.
The fix: certified GM service technicians are instructed to replace the driver’s side door and apply epoxy seam sealer as needed. The fix should take about 4.6 hours to complete.
Affected components: driver’s side door.
Affected vehicles:
- 2025 Chevy Express
- 2025 GMC Savana
Number of affected vehicles: according to GM, there are 74 Express units and 8 Savana units affected by the recall in the United States, and almost 40 percent of these are in dealers’ possession or in transit. A total of 12 Express and Savana units affected by the recall are also found in Canada. Involved vans must be held in inventory until inspected and the fix applied if necessary.
GM also provided the following statement:
“General Motors is voluntarily recalling certain 2025 Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana models to address a manufacturing defect in the driver’s side door. The safety of our customers is the highest priority for the entire GM team, and we’re working to remedy this matter as quickly as possible.”
Owners should: GM will notify owners of affected vehicles, telling them to make an appointment with the local GM dealership’s service department. 2025 Chevy Express owners who want to see if their van is involved in the recall can visit my.gm.com/recalls and enter the vehicle’s VIN to see open recalls or other quality issues.
Owners can also contact Chevrolet with any questions or concerns they may have using the recall number and toll-free telephone number listed here.
Contacts:
- GM recall number: N242490780
- Chevy Customer Service: 1-800-222-1020
Comments
Another reason to implement a design refresh, and fix old problems on this van, especially the wearing and rusting of rockers in the salt belt. Look at any of these vans anywhere and notice how the driver, passenger, and cargo door rockers panel are always worn out. Add some moisture and salt and watch them rust.
Building the same van for 25 years and still can’t get it right!
With only 80 vans affected and 40% still in GM’s possession it does not present a chicken little, the sky is falling panic. I appreciate the fact that GM inspectors caught the error and are offering an entire door replacement. It would be rare that a driver side impact would occur to all 80 affected vans over their active life time. After all there are three airbags on both front doors.
If the doors are being replaced, you don’t need seam sealer. If they are being repaired, then you do need it.
Yeah, it almost reads as if they meant: Remove the door, epoxy the seam, and then place it back on the vehicle.
The first two comments really are ridiculous and I was going to respond in a very negative way. Before I could finish my message, several more comments came in with a knowledgeable and realistic understanding of how great GM has been in building automobiles for over 100 years.
Let’s keep this sight going with more positive intelligent comments from people that know what their talking about.