Buick Tires

Buick is recalling about 9,074 vehicles over a problem with the tires. If the tire treads crack, a loss of tire pressure and possible tire failure may result, increasing the risk of a crash.

Campaign
15V044000
Manufacturer
General Motors LLC
Reported
28 January 2015
Vehicles
9,074
Built between
Dec 2014 – Jan 2015
Models
3
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
9 March 2015
Repaired
94%
Unrepaired
503

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between December 2014 and January 2015. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2015 Buick EnclaveBuilt December 2014 to January 2015
  • 2015 Chevrolet TraverseBuilt December 2014 to January 2015
  • 2015 GMC AcadiaBuilt December 2014 to January 2015

Repair progress

503 of 9,074 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q2 2016.

94% repaired — 8,566 of 9,074 reported

Owners not reachable
5

Manufacturers file these figures with NHTSA each quarter. Vehicles the manufacturer could not trace, or that have been scrapped or exported, are counted separately and are not included in the unrepaired figure.

What the defect is

General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2015 Buick Enclave vehicles manufactured December 9, 2014, to January 14, 2015, 2015 Chevrolet Traverse vehicles manufactured December 9, 2014, to January 20, 2015, and 2015 GMC Acadia vehicles manufactured December 9, 2014, to January 16, 2015, and all equipped with Goodyear P255/65R18 Fortera HL tires. These vehicles are equipped with tires that may experience tread cracking. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 110, "Tire Selection and Rims and Motor Home/Recreation Vehicle Trailer Load Carrying Capacity Information for Motor Vehicles with a GVWR of 4,536 kilograms (10,000 pounds) or Less."

What could happen

If the tire treads crack, a loss of tire pressure and possible tire failure may result, increasing the risk of a crash.

What gets fixed

GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the tires that were manufactured within a specific date range, free of charge. The rec all began on March 9, 2015.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtDecember 2014 to January 2015
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA28 January 2015
  3. Owners notified9 March 2015
  4. Latest repair reportQ2 2016 — 94% repaired

Your rights

A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.

That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 28 January 2015.

To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.

Manufacturer contact

Owners may contact GM customer service at 1-800-521-7300 (Buick), 1-800-222-1020 (Chevrolet), or 1-800-462-8782 (GMC). GM's number for this recall is 15025/15067. Note: This recall is for Goodyear P255/65R18 Fortera HL tires installed as original equipment. For tires that were purchased as replacement equipment, see recall 15T-002.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
15025 / 15067
Recalling manufacturer
General Motors LLC
Safety standard
FMVSS 110
Recall initiated by
MFR

Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

Additional notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.

Check your own vehicle

This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.

A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.

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