Component
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
Manufacturer
General Motors LLC
What Happened
The side impact air bag and seat belt pretensioners in your Enclave, Acadia, Traverse, or Outlook are designed to keep you safe in a side collision. The wires that connect these safety features might be more resistant than they should be, which could cause them to fail in a crash.
Risk if Unfixed
If these safety features don't deploy in a side collision, you're at a higher risk of injury to your head, neck, and chest. This is because the air bag and seat belt won't be able to help absorb the impact and protect you from harm.
Free Fix
Your dealer will replace the faulty wiring connections with new, reliable ones, free of charge. This repair will ensure your side impact air bags and seat belt pretensioners work as they should in an emergency.
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Original — What Happened
General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2008-2013 Buick Enclave and GMC Acadia and 2009-2013 Chevrolet Traverse and 2008-2010 Saturn Outlook vehicles. In the affected vehicles, increased resistance in the driver and passenger seat mounted side impact air bag (SIAB) wiring harnesses may result in the SIAB and seat belt pretensioners not deploying in the event of a crash.
Original — Risk if Unfixed
Failure of the side impact air bags and seat belt pretensioners to deploy in a crash increase the risk of injury to the driver and front seat occupant.
Original — Remedy
GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the affected harness connections with soldered connections, free of charge. The recall began on June 16, 2014. Buick owners may contact the owner center at 1-800-521-7300, Chevrolet owners at 1-866-694-6546, Saturn at 1-800-553-6000, and GMC owners at 1-866-996-9463. GM's number for this recall is 14030. Note: Vehicles repaired as part of Customer Satisfaction Campaign 10085 and special coverage 10335 have already had the subject condition repaired and therefore are not included in the safety recall.
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