The defect
General Motors, LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2019-2021 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and GMC Sierra 1500, 2021 Chevrolet Suburban and Tahoe and GMC Yukon XL and 2020-2021 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 and 3500 and GMC Sierra 2500 and 3500 vehicles. The seat belt brackets may not be secured to the seat frame in the front-row center seating position.
The risk
If a seat-belt bracket is not secured, the seat belt may not properly restrain an occupant in the front-row center seat position, increasing the risk of injury in a crash.
The remedy
GM will notify owners, and dealers will inspect left-side and right-side front-row center seat-belt bracket attachments and reassemble it correctly as necessary, free of charge. The recall began January 26, 2021. Owners may contact GMC customer service at 1-800-462-8782, Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020. GM's number for this recall is N202314670.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
Components: SEAT BELTS | SEAT BELTS:CRITICAL FASTENERS
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 Silverado 1500 | 2019 | 1,096 | 10 |
| Chevrolet Silverado 1500 | 2020 | 747 | 12 |
| Chevrolet Silverado 1500 | 2021 | 847 | 8 |
| Chevrolet Silverado 2500 | 2020 | 108 | 10 |
| Chevrolet Silverado 2500 | 2021 | 88 | 6 |
| Chevrolet Silverado 3500 | 2020 | 42 | 8 |
| Chevrolet Silverado 3500 | 2021 | 41 | 5 |
| Chevrolet Suburban | 2021 | 200 | 12 |
| Chevrolet Tahoe | 2021 | 460 | 16 |
| GMC Sierra 1500 | 2019 | 658 | 10 |
| GMC Sierra 1500 | 2020 | 482 | 12 |
| GMC Sierra 1500 | 2021 | 596 | 7 |
| GMC Sierra 2500 | 2020 | 78 | 9 |
| GMC Sierra 2500 | 2021 | 52 | 6 |
| GMC Sierra 3500 | 2020 | 51 | 8 |
| GMC Sierra 3500 | 2021 | 20 | 5 |
| GMC Yukon XL | 2021 | 229 | 12 |
Other seat belts recalls in 2020
38 of the 782 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2020 concerned the seat belts; General Motors, LLC filed 186 campaigns in all.
| 20V811000 23 Dec 2020 | General Motors, LLC |
| 20V793000 17 Dec 2020 | Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC |
| 20V724000 20 Nov 2020 | Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
| 20V697000 12 Nov 2020 | Lion Electric Company |
| 20V671000 30 Oct 2020 | Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. |
| 20V659000 27 Oct 2020 | Winnebago Industries, Inc |
| 20V661000 27 Oct 2020 | Braun Ambulances |
| 20V638000 15 Oct 2020 | General Motors LLC |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2020