Buick Equipment: Labels

Buick is recalling about 4,558 vehicles over a problem with the equipment. Incorrect weight information may cause an owner to overload the vehicle.

Campaign
16V516000
Manufacturer
General Motors LLC
Reported
7 July 2016
Vehicles
4,558
Built between
Feb 2016 – Apr 2016
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
22 August 2016
Repaired
94%
Unrepaired
262

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between February 2016 and April 2016. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2016-2017 Buick EnvisionBuilt February 2016 to April 2016

Repair progress

262 of 4,558 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q4 2017.

94% repaired — 4,292 of 4,558 reported

Owners not reachable
1
Scrapped or exported
3

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 2016-2017 Buick Envision vehicles manufactured February 4, 2016, to April 25, 2016. The Tire and Loading Information label may display the incorrect maximum weight information. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 110, "Tire Selection and Rims."

What could happen

Incorrect weight information may cause an owner to overload the vehicle. Overloading may reduce vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash.

What gets fixed

GM will notify owners, and dealers will install a corrected label as necessary, free of charge. The began on August 22, 2016.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtFebruary 2016 to April 2016
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA7 July 2016
  3. Owners notified22 August 2016
  4. Latest repair reportQ4 2017 — 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 7 July 2016.

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 Buick customer service at 1-800-521-7300. GM's number for this recall is 56340.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
56340
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.

Same component

Same brand