GM Recall N212328780

Vehicles Affected

2007-2011 Cadillac Escalade, Escalade ESV, and Escalade EXT
2007-2014 Cadillac Escalade, Escalade ESC, Chevrolet Silverado 2500/3500, Suburban, and Tahoe, GMC Sierra 2500/3500, Yukon, and Yukon XL
2007-2013 Cadillac Escalade EXT, Chevrolet Avalanche, Silverado 1500 and GMC Sierra 1500

Issue

Front passenger air bag inflator.

TK Holdings (Takata) has decided that a defect which relates to motor vehicle safety exists in certain passenger-side frontal airbag inflators installed as original equipment in certain 2007 to 2011 model year Cadillac Escalade, Escalade ESV, and Escalade EXT vehicles; certain 2007-2014 model year Cadillac Escalade, Escalade ESV, Chevrolet Dilveardo 2500/3500, Suburban, and Tahoe, GMC Sierra 2500/3500, Yukon, and Yukon XL vehicles; certain 2007-2013 model year Cadillac Escalade EXT, Chevrolet Avalanche, Silverado 1500 and GMC Sierra 1500 vehicles. As a result, GM is conducting a safety recall.

Why is your vehicle being recalled?

Takata has determined that a defect exists in the passenger-side frontal airbag inflator in your vehicle. The determination was made that the propellant in this inflator may degrade after long-term exposure to high humidity and temperature cycling, which could cause the inflator to explode during a deployment. An inflator rupture may cause metal fragments to pass through the airbag and into the vehicle interior at high speed, which may result in serious injury or death to passengers.

What will we do?

We wil replace the passenger-side frontal airbag inflator in your vehicle. This service will be performed for you at no charge. Because of service scheduling requirements, it is likely that we will need your vehicle longer than the actual inspection and service correction time
of approximately one hour.