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Cadillac - General motors

Official notice

4 Nov 2016

Last checked

4 Nov 2016

Medium riskHealth Canada

An official Health Canada notice concerns Cadillac - General motors. Certain vehicles may have been built with front upper control arms with a poor quality weld near the control arm’s bushing. If these welds were to fail, it could cause the upper control arm to deform or separate from the bushing, which could affect steering and directional control of the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash causing injury and/or property damage. Correction: Dealers will replace the left and right front upper control arms, and perform a realignment. Published 2016-11-04.

What to do now

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Recall number

68911

Official notice

2016-11-04

The hazard

Certain vehicles may have been built with front upper control arms with a poor quality weld near the control arm’s bushing. If these welds were to fail, it could cause the upper control arm to deform or separate from the bushing, which could affect steering and directional control of the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash causing injury and/or property damage. Correction: Dealers will replace the left and right front upper control arms, and perform a realignment.

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Recall Numbers

68911

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Affected products

Product 1

Year: 2016, Make: CADILLAC, Model: ESCALADE

Product 2

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

Product 3

Year: 2016, Make: CHEVROLET, Model: SILVERADO

Product 4

Year: 2016, Make: CHEVROLET, Model: SUBURBAN

Product 5

Year: 2016, Make: CHEVROLET, Model: TAHOE

Product 6

Year: 2016, Make: GMC, Model: SIERRA

Product 7

Year: 2016, Make: GMC, Model: YUKON

Product 8

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

Risk / hazard

Certain vehicles may have been built with front upper control arms with a poor quality weld near the control arm’s bushing. If these welds were to fail, it could cause the upper control arm to deform or separate from the bushing, which could affect steering and directional control of the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash causing injury and/or property damage. Correction: Dealers will replace the left and right front upper control arms, and perform a realignment.

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: Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, General Motors.

Source & status

Source

Health Canada

Tier

official

Category

VEHICLES

App estimate

medium

Recall details

Recall number

68911

Source tier

official

Documents, notices & source

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