The defect
General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2006-2007 Buick Rainier, Chevrolet Trailblazer and GMC Envoy vehicles, and 2006 GMC Envoy XL and Chevrolet Trailblazer EXT vehicles. Fluid may enter into the driver's door master power window switch module, causing corrosion that could result in a short in the circuit board, causing window switches to become inoperative. Previously, the affected vehicles may have had their master power window switch module treated with a protective coating, instead of having it replaced.
The risk
The protective coating may not eliminate the risk that the circuit board could short and result in a fire, even while the vehicle is unattended.
The remedy
GM will notify owners, and dealers will install a new driver's door switch module, free of charge. The recall began on November 2, 2015. Owners may contact Buick customer service at 1-800-521-7300, Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020, and GMC customer service at 1-800-462-8782. GM's number for this recall is 15700.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Buick Rainier | 2006, 2007 |
| Chevrolet Trailblazer | 2006, 2007 |
| Chevrolet Trailblazer EXT | 2006 |
| GMC Envoy | 2006, 2007 |
| GMC Envoy XL | 2006 |
Components: VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buick Rainier | 2006 | 91 | 7 |
| Buick Rainier | 2007 | 38 | 5 |
| Chevrolet Trailblazer | 2006 | 1,108 | 8 |
| Chevrolet Trailblazer | 2007 | 732 | 5 |
| Chevrolet Trailblazer EXT | 2006 | 189 | 6 |
| GMC Envoy | 2006 | 352 | 8 |
| GMC Envoy | 2007 | 219 | 5 |
| GMC Envoy XL | 2006 | 109 | 5 |
Other visibility recalls in 2015
21 of the 863 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2015 concerned the visibility; General Motors LLC filed 272 campaigns in all.
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| 15V684000 21 Oct 2015 | Corp. Micro Bird Inc. |
| 15V609000 29 Sept 2015 | General Motors LLC |
| 15V558000 3 Sept 2015 | General Motors LLC |
| 15V553000 2 Sept 2015 | Forest River, Inc. |
| 15V547000 1 Sept 2015 | Spartan Motors USA |
| 15V530000 19 Aug 2015 | Thor Motor Coach |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2015