# NHTSA recall 10V643000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 10V643000
- Manufacturer's number: 100426
- Manufacturer: GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
- Reported: 2010\-12\-17
- Owners notified: 2011\-01\-11
- Component: SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:SPINDLE
- Units potentially affected: 1262

## What is wrong

GENERAL MOTORS IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2011 CADILLAC ESCALADE EXT, CHEVROLET AVALANCHE, SILVERADO LD AND GMC SIERRA LD VEHICLES.  THE REAR AXLE CROSS PINS WERE NOT PROPERLY HEAT TREATED AND COULD FRACTURE AND BECOME DISPLACED WITHIN THE REAR AXLE.  SHOULD THE PIN SHIFT OUT OF POSITION, IT COULD CREATE AN INTERFERENCE CONDITION AND CAUSE THE REAR AXLE TO LOCK.


## What can happen

THE DRIVER MAY NOT BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND A CRASH COULD OCCUR WITHOUT WARNING.


## The remedy

DEALERS WILL INSTALL A NEW REAR AXLE CROSS PIN FREE OF CHARGE.  THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON JANUARY 11, 2011.  OWNERS MAY CONTACT CADILLAC AT 1\-866\-982\-2339, CHEVROLET AT 1\-800\-630\-2438, GMC AT 1\-866\-996\-9463 AND AT THE OWNER CENTER AT WWW.GMOWNERCENTER.COM.


## Notes

GM SAFETY RECALL NO. 100426.OWNERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), OR GO TO \<A HREF=HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV\>HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV\</A\> .


## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2011 CADILLAC ESCALADE](/makes/cadillac/escalade/2011/recalls.md)
- [2011 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500](/makes/chevrolet/avalanche/2011/recalls.md). Listed as a series or trim of this model.
- [2011 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500](/makes/chevrolet/silverado/2011/recalls.md). Listed as a series or trim of this model.
- [2011 GMC SIERRA 1500](/makes/gmc/sierra/2011/recalls.md). Listed as a series or trim of this model.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [05\-03\-08\-002J](/bulletins/11007936.md), 2024-09-20, Service bulletin
- [05\-03\-08\-002J](/bulletins/11007935.md), 2024-09-20, Service bulletin
- [10\-03\-10\-001G](/bulletins/11001766.md), 2024-06-18, Service bulletin
- [15\-00\-89\-004G](/bulletins/11000119.md), 2024-05-15, Service bulletin
- [PI0430B](/bulletins/10254209.md), 2024-05-06, Service bulletin
- [PIT5052D](/bulletins/10247705.md), 2023-12-26, Service bulletin
- [PIT5049A](/bulletins/10247704.md), 2023-12-26, Service bulletin
- [PIT4954C](/bulletins/10247693.md), 2023-12-26, Service bulletin
- [PIT5214F](/bulletins/10247352.md), 2023-12-18, Service bulletin
- [PIT5120A](/bulletins/10247065.md), 2023-12-11, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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