The defect
General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2016-2019 Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana vehicles. One or both of the rear-quarter windows may be tempered glass instead of laminated glass. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 226, "Ejection Mitigation."
The risk
Tempered glass increases the risk of injury in the event of a side impact or rollover crash.
The remedy
GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the tempered glass windows with laminated glass windows, as necessary, free of charge. The recall began July 5, 2019. Owners may contact GM customer service at 1-586-596-1733. GM's number for this recall is N192218960.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Chevrolet Express | 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 |
| GMC Savana | 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 |
Components: VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chevrolet Express | 2016 | 15 | 6 |
| Chevrolet Express | 2017 | 21 | 6 |
| Chevrolet Express | 2018 | 11 | 6 |
| Chevrolet Express | 2019 | 8 | 4 |
| GMC Savana | 2016 | 6 | 7 |
| GMC Savana | 2017 | 7 | 6 |
| GMC Savana | 2018 | 3 | 7 |
| GMC Savana | 2019 | 5 | 5 |
Other visibility recalls in 2019
23 of the 880 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2019 concerned the visibility; General Motors LLC filed 272 campaigns in all.
| 19V918000 20 Dec 2019 | Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. |
| 19V905000 18 Dec 2019 | CRUISE CAR, INC. |
| 19V792000 4 Nov 2019 | Daimler Trucks North America LLC |
| 19V733000 15 Oct 2019 | PACCAR Incorporated |
| 19V726000 10 Oct 2019 | Ford Motor Company |
| 19V574000 5 Aug 2019 | Harley-Davidson Motor Company |
| 19V564000 31 Jul 2019 | Hino Motors Sales U.S.A., Inc. |
| 19V558000 29 Jul 2019 | Mazda North American Operations |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2019