Buick Air Bags: Inflator

Buick is recalling about 769 vehicles over a problem with the air bags. If the diffuser separates from the inflator during deployment, RRAB performance may be degraded, increasing the risk of injury in a crash.

Campaign
20V446000
Manufacturer
General Motors LLC
Reported
30 July 2020
Vehicles
769
Built between
Not published
Models
12
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
3 September 2020
Repaired
82%
Unrepaired
140

Does this affect my vehicle?

The manufacturer did not publish a build-date range for this recall, so the model and year list below is the only way to tell whether your vehicle is covered.

  • 2020 Buick Enclave
  • 2020 Cadillac XT5
  • 2020 Cadillac XT6
  • 2020 Chevrolet Blazer
  • 2020 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
  • 2020 Chevrolet Silverado 2500
  • 2020 Chevrolet Silverado 3500
  • 2020 Chevrolet Traverse
  • 2020 GMC Acadia
  • 2020 GMC Sierra 1500
  • 2020 GMC Sierra 2500
  • 2020 GMC Sierra 3500

Repair progress

140 of 769 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q2 2022.

82% repaired — 629 of 769 reported

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 2020 Buick Enclave, Cadillac XT5 and XT6, Chevrolet Blazer, Silverado 1500, 2500 and 3500 and Traverse and GMC Acadia and Sierra 1500, 2500 and 3500 vehicles. The diffuser component of the Roof-Rail Air Bag (RRAB) inflator may not have been properly crimped to the inflator and could separate from the inflator during air bag deployment.

What could happen

If the diffuser separates from the inflator during deployment, RRAB performance may be degraded, increasing the risk of injury in a crash.

What gets fixed

GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the suspect RRAB modules, free of charge. The recall began September 3, 2020.

Parts involved

  • Airbag Asm-Frt & Rr Row R/Rail84444704, 84444705Roof Rail Air Bag
  • Airbag Asm-Frt & Rr Row R/Rail84476917, 84476918Roof Rail Air Bag
  • Airbag Asm-Frt & Rr Row R/Rail84505454, 84505455Roof Rail Air Bag
  • Airbag Asm-Frt & Rr Row R/Rail84715300, 84715301Roof Rail Air Bag
  • Airbag Asm-Frt & Rr Row R/Rail84738608, 84738609Roof Rail Air Bag
  • Airbag Asm-Frt & Rr Row R/Rail84743877, 84743878Roof Rail Air Bag
  • Airbag Asm-Frt & Rr Row R/Rail84811475, 84811476Roof Rail Air Bag
  • Airbag Asm-Frt & Rr Row R/Rail84823711, 84823712Roof Rail Air Bag

Part numbers are as filed by the manufacturer and are listed for reference. Your dealer will confirm the correct part for your vehicle.

Timeline

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA30 July 2020
  2. Owners notified3 September 2020
  3. Latest repair reportQ2 2022 — 82% 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 30 July 2020.

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 Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-630-2438, Cadillac customer service at 1-800-333-4223, or Buick customer service at 1-800-521-7300. GM's number for this recall is N202305380.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
N202305380
Recalling manufacturer
General Motors LLC
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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