General Motors CO LLC Chevrolet Corvette: Frontal Airbags And Seatbelt Pretensioners
Recall Summary General Motors is recalling 98 Chevrolet Corvette and Cadillac Escalade vehicles sold in the United Kingdom due to a software defect in the airbag control module that may prevent frontal airbags and seatbelt pretensioners from deploying during a crash. This defect increases the risk of injury to occupants in a frontal collision. General Motors will reprogram or replace the control module with updated software to fix the issue.
- Recalling firm
- GENERAL MOTORS CO LLC
- Product
- Vehicles: GENERAL MOTORS CO LLC Chevrolet Corvette, GENERAL MOTORS CO LLC Cadillac Escalade. Units affected: 98
- Reason
- The Sensing and Diagnostic Module (SDM) which controls the airbag and pretensioner deployment contains a software defect which may prevent the deployment of frontal airbags and pretensioners in certain rare circumstances. If the frontal airbags and seatbelt pretensioners do not deploy when required there is an increased risk of injury to occupants in a crash. Remedy: Recall the vehicles that are likely to be affected and reprogram the SDM with new software. In vehicles with any previous deployment events recorded in the SDM the existing SDM will be replaced with a new SDM containing the...
- Classification
- Class I
- Category
- vehicle recall
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Agency
- UK Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
- Recall date
- 2016-09-08
- Status
- Ongoing
- Distribution
- United Kingdom
Official recall notice from UK Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
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