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Chevrolet - General motors

Official notice

10 Apr 2017

Last checked

10 Apr 2017

Medium riskHealth Canada

An official Health Canada notice concerns Chevrolet - General motors. On certain vehicles, a defect in the occupant classification system could allow an adult sitting in the front passenger seat to be classified as a child or an “empty seat”. This would suppress the airbag, which could increase the risk of injury in a crash. Correction: Dealers will replace the occupant classification system electronic control unit. Published 2017-04-10.

What to do now

Please see corrective actions section below

Recall number

68905

Official notice

2017-04-10

The hazard

On certain vehicles, a defect in the occupant classification system could allow an adult sitting in the front passenger seat to be classified as a child or an “empty seat”. This would suppress the airbag, which could increase the risk of injury in a crash. Correction: Dealers will replace the occupant classification system electronic control unit.

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Recall Numbers

68905

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Affected products

Product 1

Year: 2015, Make: CHEVROLET, Model: CITY EXPRESS

Product 2

Year: 2016, Make: CHEVROLET, Model: CITY EXPRESS

Risk / hazard

On certain vehicles, a defect in the occupant classification system could allow an adult sitting in the front passenger seat to be classified as a child or an “empty seat”. This would suppress the airbag, which could increase the risk of injury in a crash. Correction: Dealers will replace the occupant classification system electronic control unit.

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: Chevrolet, General Motors.

Source & status

Source

Health Canada

Tier

official

Category

VEHICLES

App estimate

medium

Recall details

Recall number

68905

Source tier

official

Documents, notices & source

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