Buick / Chevrolet recall: Equipment
What is wrong
General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2015 Buick Encore vehicles manufactured August 26, 2014, to February 9, 2015, and 2015 Chevrolet Trax vehicles manufactured October 13, 2014, to February 3, 2015. The affected vehicles have tire placards that do not provide the rim size information for the front or rear wheels. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 110, "Tire Selection and Rims and Motor Home/Recreation Vehicle Trailer Load Carrying Capacity Information for Motor Vehicles with a GVWR of 4,536 kilograms (10,000 pounds) or less."
What could happen
If the label is missing front and rear rim size information, the owner may replace the rims with ones that are an incorrect size, increasing the risk of crash.
The fix
GM will notify owners, and will send owners a corrected label, free of charge. The recall April 29, 2015. Owners may contact Buick customer service at 1-800-521-7300, and Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020. GM's number for this recall is 15166.
Vehicles covered
- Buick Encore 2015
- Chevrolet Trax 2015
Facts
- NHTSA recall number
- 15V162000
- Type
- Vehicle
- Filed by
- General Motors LLC
- Reported to NHTSA
- Mar 20, 2015
- Owners notified
- Apr 29, 2015
- Vehicles or items affected
- 19,831
- Started by
- The manufacturer
- Built
- Oct 13, 2014 to Feb 3, 2015
- Part
- Equipment › Other › Labels
- Maker's own recall number
- 15166
- Safety standard
- FMVSS 110
Notes
Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
Other recalls for the same vehicles
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- Buick / Chevrolet recall: Electrical system Nov 6, 2023
- Chevrolet recall: Suspension Sep 12, 2019
- Chevrolet recall: Suspension Apr 18, 2019
- Buick / Chevrolet recall: Air bags Nov 1, 2018
- Buick / Cadillac / Chevrolet and more recall: Air bags Jul 10, 2017
To check one car, enter its 17-character VIN on the official NHTSA page: a recall may cover only some vehicles of a model year.
Recall data: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Nebula is not affiliated with or endorsed by NHTSA.