Chevrolet Visibility: Exterior

Chevrolet is recalling about 214 vehicles over a problem with the visibility. If equipped with the incorrect right-side rear-view mirror, the driver may misjudge the distance of other vehicles, increasing the risk of a crash.

Campaign
17V033000
Manufacturer
General Motors LLC
Reported
12 January 2017
Vehicles
214
Built between
Jun 2015 – Nov 2016
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
7 February 2017
Repaired
64%
Unrepaired
75

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between June 2015 and November 2016. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2016-2017 Chevrolet SuburbanBuilt June 2015 to November 2016

Repair progress

75 of 214 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q2 2018.

64% repaired — 138 of 214 reported

Owners not reachable
1

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 Chevrolet Suburban HD vehicles. These vehicles were assembled with a convex right-hand outside mirror, instead of with a non-convex (flat) right-hand outside mirror. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 111, "Rearview Mirrors."

What could happen

If equipped with the incorrect right-side rear-view mirror, the driver may misjudge the distance of other vehicles, increasing the risk of a crash.

What gets fixed

GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the convex mirror with a non-convex mirror and provide a new page for the owner's manual with the customer notification letter, free of charge. The recall began February 7, 2017.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtJune 2015 to November 2016
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA12 January 2017
  3. Owners notified7 February 2017
  4. Latest repair reportQ2 2018 — 64% 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 12 January 2017.

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 1-800-222-1020. GM's number for this recall is 17017.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
17017
Recalling manufacturer
General Motors LLC
Safety standard
FMVSS 111
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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