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Buick - General motors

Official notice

10 Apr 2017

Last checked

10 Apr 2017

Medium riskHealth Canada

An official Health Canada notice concerns Buick - General motors. On certain vehicles, the sensing and diagnostic module (SDM), which controls airbag and pretensioner deployment, contains a software defect which may prevent the deployment of frontal airbags and pretensioners in certain circumstances. Failure of frontal airbags and seatbelt pretensioners to deploy in a crash (when warranted) could increase the risk of injury. Correction: Dealers will reflash the SDM with new software. In vehicles with any previous deployment events recorded in the SDM, the dealers will replace the existing SDM with a new SDM containing the latest software. Note: This recall affects 2014-2017 model year Sierra LD/Silverado LD models and 2015-2016 model year Sierra HD/Silverado HD model vehicles. Published 2017-04-10.

What to do now

Please see corrective actions section below

Recall number

68670

Official notice

2017-04-10

The hazard

On certain vehicles, the sensing and diagnostic module (SDM), which controls airbag and pretensioner deployment, contains a software defect which may prevent the deployment of frontal airbags and pretensioners in certain circumstances. Failure of frontal airbags and seatbelt pretensioners to deploy in a crash (when warranted) could increase the risk of injury. Correction: Dealers will reflash the SDM with new software. In vehicles with any previous deployment events recorded in the SDM, the dealers will replace the existing SDM with a new SDM containing the latest software. Note: This recall affects 2014-2017 model year Sierra LD/Silverado LD models and 2015-2016 model year Sierra HD/Silverado HD model vehicles.

How to check if you're affected

Compare the VIN on your vehicle against the official list. If your VIN is listed, follow the official notice.

Recall Numbers

68670

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Affected products

Product 1

Year: 2014, Make: BUICK, Model: ENCORE

Product 2

Year: 2014, Make: BUICK, Model: LACROSSE

Product 3

Year: 2014, Make: CHEVROLET, Model: CORVETTE

Product 4

Year: 2014, Make: CHEVROLET, Model: SILVERADO

Product 5

Year: 2014, Make: CHEVROLET, Model: SPARK EV

Product 6

Year: 2014, Make: CHEVROLET, Model: TRAX

Product 7

Year: 2014, Make: GMC, Model: SIERRA

Product 8

Year: 2015, Make: BUICK, Model: ENCORE

Product 9

Year: 2015, Make: BUICK, Model: LACROSSE

Product 10

Year: 2015, Make: CADILLAC, Model: ESCALADE

Product 11

Year: 2015, Make: CADILLAC, Model: ESCALADE ESV

Product 12

Year: 2015, Make: CHEVROLET, Model: CORVETTE

Product 13

Year: 2015, Make: CHEVROLET, Model: SILVERADO

Product 14

Year: 2015, Make: CHEVROLET, Model: SPARK EV

Product 15

Year: 2015, Make: CHEVROLET, Model: SUBURBAN

Product 16

Year: 2015, Make: CHEVROLET, Model: TAHOE

Product 17

Year: 2015, Make: CHEVROLET, Model: TRAX

Product 18

Year: 2015, Make: GMC, Model: SIERRA

Product 19

Year: 2015, Make: GMC, Model: YUKON

Product 20

Year: 2015, Make: GMC, Model: YUKON XL

Product 21

Year: 2016, Make: BUICK, Model: ENCORE

Product 22

Year: 2016, Make: BUICK, Model: LACROSSE

Product 23

Year: 2016, Make: CADILLAC, Model: ESCALADE

Product 24

Year: 2016, Make: CADILLAC, Model: ESCALADE ESV

Product 25

Year: 2016, Make: CHEVROLET, Model: CORVETTE

Product 26

Year: 2016, Make: CHEVROLET, Model: SILVERADO

Product 27

Year: 2016, Make: CHEVROLET, Model: SPARK EV

Product 28

Year: 2016, Make: CHEVROLET, Model: SUBURBAN

Product 29

Year: 2016, Make: CHEVROLET, Model: TAHOE

Product 30

Year: 2016, Make: CHEVROLET, Model: TRAX

Product 31

Year: 2016, Make: GMC, Model: SIERRA

Product 32

Year: 2016, Make: GMC, Model: YUKON

Product 33

Year: 2016, Make: GMC, Model: YUKON XL

Product 34

Year: 2017, Make: BUICK, Model: ENCORE

Product 35

Year: 2017, Make: CHEVROLET, Model: CORVETTE

Product 36

Year: 2017, Make: CHEVROLET, Model: SILVERADO

Product 37

Year: 2017, Make: CHEVROLET, Model: SUBURBAN

Product 38

Year: 2017, Make: CHEVROLET, Model: TRAX

Product 39

Year: 2017, Make: GMC, Model: SIERRA

Product 40

Year: 2017, Make: GMC, Model: YUKON XL

Risk / hazard

On certain vehicles, the sensing and diagnostic module (SDM), which controls airbag and pretensioner deployment, contains a software defect which may prevent the deployment of frontal airbags and pretensioners in certain circumstances. Failure of frontal airbags and seatbelt pretensioners to deploy in a crash (when warranted) could increase the risk of injury. Correction: Dealers will reflash the SDM with new software. In vehicles with any previous deployment events recorded in the SDM, the dealers will replace the existing SDM with a new SDM containing the latest software. Note: This recall affects 2014-2017 model year Sierra LD/Silverado LD models and 2015-2016 model year Sierra HD/Silverado HD model vehicles.

Where it was sold

The source does not list specific retailers. See the official notice for where affected products were sold.

Location 1

CA · Canada

Affected area 1

CA · Canada

Company & contacts

Manufacturer

Not provided

Phone

Not provided

Brand: Buick, Chevrolet, GMC, Cadillac, General Motors.

Source & status

Source

Health Canada

Tier

official

Category

VEHICLES

App estimate

medium

Recall details

Recall number

68670

Source tier

official

Documents, notices & source

See the official notice and source documents for full details.

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