The defect
Bluecar SAS (Bluecar) is recalling certain model year 2016 Bluecar hybrid-electric vehicles manufactured June 7, 2015, to September 11, 2015. The affected vehicles have a gear shift lever that may break preventing the car from maintaining the intended gear position.
The risk
If the gear shift lever breaks, the vehicle may become immobilized, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Bluecar has notified the one purchaser of the affected vehicles and the remedy of replacing the gear shift with a newly designed gear lever has begun, free of charge.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Bluecar | 2016 |
Components: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL)
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluecar | 2016 | 0 | 4 |
Other power train recalls in 2016
57 of the 919 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2016 concerned the power train; Bluecar SAS filed 4 campaigns in all.
| 16V926000 22 Dec 2016 | Kovatch Mobile Equipment Corp. |
| 16V900000 14 Dec 2016 | Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. |
| 16V856000 28 Nov 2016 | Maserati North America, Inc. |
| 16V800000 3 Nov 2016 | Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA |
| 16V755000 19 Oct 2016 | Polaris Industries, Inc. |
| 16V705000 3 Oct 2016 | Kia Motors America |
| 16V701000 29 Sept 2016 | Gillig LLC |
| 16V697000 27 Sept 2016 | Eldorado National- California, Inc. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2016