Brightdrop Steering

Brightdrop is recalling about 10 vehicles over a problem with the steering. Steering lock up increases the risk of a crash.

Campaign
25V156000
Manufacturer
General Motors, LLC
Reported
13 March 2025
Vehicles
10
Built between
Not published
Models
2
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
28 March 2025
Repaired
90%
Unrepaired
1

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.

  • 2024 Brightdrop Zevo 400
  • 2023-2024 Brightdrop Zevo 600

Repair progress

1 of 10 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q2 2026.

90% repaired — 9 of 10 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 2023-2024 BrightDrop Zevo 600 and 2024 Zevo 400 vehicles. The steering shaft may have been damaged during vehicle assembly and cause the steering to lock up.

What could happen

Steering lock up increases the risk of a crash.

What gets fixed

Dealers will replace the lower intermediate shaft, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed March 28, 2025. GM's number for this recall is N252495400.

Parts involved

  • Shaft Asm-Inter Strg85576482Intermediate Steering Shaft

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 NHTSA13 March 2025
  2. Owners notified28 March 2025
  3. Latest repair reportQ2 2026 — 90% 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 13 March 2025.

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.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
N252495400
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 888-327-4236 (TTY 888-275-9171) or go to nhtsa.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

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