NHTSA recall 16V868000
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) |
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| Campaign number | 16V868000 |
| Manufacturer's number | 16145 |
| Manufacturer | General Motors LLC |
| Reported | 2016-12-02 |
| Owners notified | 2017-09-07 |
| Component | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN |
| Units potentially affected | 49927 |
| Report | Quarterly report 6, for 2018 quarter 4 |
|---|---|
| Filed with NHTSA | 2019-01-25 |
| Vehicles in the campaign | 49927 |
| Reported remedied | 30581 (61%) |
| Reported unreachable | 584 |
| Reported removed | 6357 |
These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2018 quarter 4, 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.
What is wrong
General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2010-2014 Chevrolet Tahoe Police Pursuit vehicles manufactured August 24, 2009, to December 1, 2013. The affected vehicles, equipped with special equipment options for police or government service, may experience corrosion of the under-hood cooling fan assembly due to fluid intrusion, which may result in an electrical short circuit.
What can happen
A short circuit increases the risk of a fire.
The remedy
GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the fan motor and shroud, extend the wiring and re-orient the fan motor to reduce the risk of corrosion, free of charge. The recall began on September 7, 2017. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020. GM's number for this recall is 16145.
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.
| 2010 CHEVROLET TAHOE POLICE PURSUIT | Built 2009-08-24 to 2013-12-01. Listed as a series or trim of this model. |
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| 2011 CHEVROLET TAHOE POLICE PURSUIT | Built 2009-08-24 to 2013-12-01. Listed as a series or trim of this model. |
| 2012 CHEVROLET TAHOE POLICE PURSUIT | Built 2009-08-24 to 2013-12-01. Listed as a series or trim of this model. |
| 2013 CHEVROLET TAHOE POLICE PURSUIT | Built 2009-08-24 to 2013-12-01. Listed as a series or trim of this model. |
| 2014 CHEVROLET TAHOE POLICE PURSUIT | Built 2009-08-24 to 2013-12-01. Listed as a series or trim of this model. |
A vehicle with no link is not in this site's catalog, which covers cars, multipurpose vehicles and trucks by model year. The campaign is from data as of 2026-10-19.
Bulletins for the same vehicles and component
| PIP5684B | 2020-08-10. Service bulletin. This Preliminary information communicates the use of air leak diagnostic test tool CH-52250 in addition to the information found in the service manual. |
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| 19NA104 | 2019-07-29. Service bulletin. This informational bulletin provides information for dealers/technicians and customers on steam/vapor coming from the front grille or radiator area. |
| 17-NA-035 | 2018-05-21. Service bulletin. This technical bulletin provides a procedure to replace the engine cooling fan to correct conditions of the engine cooling fan being inoperative due to moisture within the connector of the fan module. |
| 17-NA-035 | 2017-08-15. Service bulletin. This technical bulletin provides a procedure to replace the engine cooling fan to correct conditions of the engine cooling fan being inoperative due to moisture within the connector of the fan module. |
| PIP4482C | 2017-08-15. Service bulletin. This Preliminary Information communication advises the technician of two types of DEX-COOL 50/50 Premix are available through General Motors Service Parts Operations, one with bitterant and one without. Bitterant is a chemical that is added to products to make them smell or taste extremely bitter and is required in some states, such as California, Oregon, New Mexico, Colorado, and Vermont. |
| PIP5108 | 2017-08-15. Service bulletin. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have an audible engine whine noise at 1500-1800 revolutions per minute. Technician will need to check the coolant level, remove serpentine belt to verify noise goes away, rotate the thermostat 90 degrees and retest, then replace thermostat and retest. Technician will replace the water pump if replacing the thermostat does not repair the audible engine whine noise. |
| PIP4158E | 2017-08-15. Service bulletin. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have low oil pressure, no oil pressure, and/or engine noise. Technician will need to replace the oil pump, flush the oil cooler lines. |
| PIE0368 | 2017-03-13. Service bulletin. THIS ENGINEERING INFORMATIONAL BULLETIN IS REQUESTING INFORMATION FROM THE FIELD WITH THE CONDITONS OF VEHICLE OVERHEATING, NOISE ORIGINATING FROM THE ENGINE COOLANT FANS OR POOR ENGINE COOLANT FAN PERFORMANCE. |
| 08-04-19-004 | 2008-11-20. Service bulletin. GMC: CORRECT FRONT AXLE VENT HOSE ROUTING. THE FRONT AXLE VENT HOSE IS MOUNTED IN THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, AND MAY NOT BE CORRECTLY ROUTED. *PE UPDATED ON 5/1/2012. *KB |
A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.