# NHTSA recall 15V146000

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: 15V146000
- Manufacturer's number: 15168
- Manufacturer: General Motors LLC
- Reported: 2015\-03\-13
- Owners notified: 2015\-04\-24
- Component: STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
- Units potentially affected: 2295

## What is wrong

General Motors LLC \(GM\) is recalling certain model year 2015 Buick Encore vehicles manufactured November 27, 2014, to February 24, 2015, and 2015 Chevrolet Trax vehicles manufactured November 18, 2014, to February 17, 2015. The steering column assembly housing may contact the power steering printed circuit board causing the circuit board to wear.


## What can happen

The circuit board wear may cause a sudden loss of electric power steering assist, increasing the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

GM will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and replace the steering column assembly, as necessary, free of charge. The recall began April 24, 2015.  Owners may contact Buick customer service at 1\-800\-521\-7300 or Chevrolet customer service at 1\-800\-222\-1020.  GM's number for this recall is 15168.


## 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.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 6, for 2016 quarter 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2016\-10\-17
- Vehicles in the campaign: 2295
- Reported remedied: 2276 \(99%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2016 quarter 3, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2015 BUICK ENCORE](/makes/buick/encore/2015/recalls.md). Built 2014\-11\-27 to 2015\-02\-24.
- [2015 CHEVROLET TRAX](/makes/chevrolet/trax/2015/recalls.md). Built 2014\-11\-18 to 2015\-02\-17.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [18NA007](/bulletins/10139246.md), 2018-06-04, Service bulletin
- [13\-02\-32\-001C](/bulletins/10138670.md), 2018-05-29, Service bulletin
- [PIC6073D](/bulletins/10129901.md), 2018-03-12, Service bulletin
- [13\-02\-32\-001D](/bulletins/10112278.md), 2017-08-15, Service bulletin
- [15\-NA\-015](/bulletins/10081360.md), 2016-10-03, Service bulletin
- [SB\-16\-NA\-109](/bulletins/10078430.md), 2016-08-06, 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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