# NHTSA recall 16V125000

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: 16V125000
- Manufacturer's number: 28030
- Manufacturer: General Motors LLC
- Reported: 2016\-03\-02
- Owners notified: 2016\-04\-14
- Component: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
- Units potentially affected: 1579

## What is wrong

General Motors LLC \(GM\) is recalling certain model year 2016 Chevrolet Colorado vehicles manufactured January 19, 2016, to February 2, 2016, Chevrolet Malibu vehicles manufactured January 9, 2016, to January 26, 2016, and 2016 GMC Canyon vehicles manufactured January 21, 2016, to February 4, 2016. The driver frontal air bag may improperly inflate during second\-stage deployment in the event of a high speed crash.


## What can happen

An improperly inflated air bag increases the risk of injury.


## The remedy

GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the driver side frontal air bag module, free of charge.  The recall began on April 14, 2016.  Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1\-800\-222\-1020, and GMC customer service at 1\-800\-462\-8782.  GM's number for this recall is 28030.


## 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 2017 quarter 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2017\-10\-09
- Vehicles in the campaign: 1579
- Reported remedied: 1511 \(95%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2017 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

- [2016 CHEVROLET COLORADO](/makes/chevrolet/colorado/2016/recalls.md). Built 2016\-01\-19 to 2016\-02\-02.
- [2016 CHEVROLET MALIBU](/makes/chevrolet/malibu/2016/recalls.md). Built 2016\-01\-09 to 2016\-01\-26.
- [2016 GMC CANYON](/makes/gmc/canyon/2016/recalls.md). Built 2016\-01\-21 to 2016\-02\-04.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [15NA087](/bulletins/10250050.md), 2024-02-12, Service bulletin
- [GCUS3407](/bulletins/10248441.md), 2024-01-08, Service bulletin
- [PIT5509K](/bulletins/10237677.md), 2023-06-13, Service bulletin
- [PIT5994](/bulletins/10234237.md), 2023-04-17, Service bulletin
- [PIT5509H](/bulletins/10201253.md), 2021-09-13, Service bulletin
- [PIC5650J](/bulletins/10201252.md), 2021-09-13, Service bulletin
- [PIT5499B](/bulletins/10176322.md), 2020-06-15, Service bulletin
- [18NA351](/bulletins/10154989.md), 2019-03-25, Service bulletin
- [17NA103](/bulletins/10137368.md), 2018-05-21, Service bulletin
- [12\-09\-41\-002C](/bulletins/10116886.md), 2017-08-31, 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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