# NHTSA recall 18V340000

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: 18V340000
- Manufacturer's number: 18179
- Manufacturer: General Motors LLC
- Reported: 2018\-05\-24
- Owners notified: 2018\-06\-29
- Component: AIR BAGS: AIR BAG/RESTRAINT CONTROL MODULE
- Units potentially affected: 88503

## What is wrong

General Motors LLC \(GM\) is recalling certain 2018 GMC Terrain vehicles.  The sensing diagnostic module \(SDM\) that senses a crash and deploys the necessary air bags may not power down correctly when the vehicle is shut off, causing it to be inoperative when the vehicle is restarted.


## What can happen

If the SDM becomes inoperative, it will not detect a crash or command the necessary air bag deployment, increasing the risk of injury in the event of a crash.


## The remedy

GM will notify owners, and dealers will reprogram the SDM with updated software, free of charge.  The recall began June 29, 2018.  Owners may contact GMC customer service at 1\-800\-462\-8782.  GM's number for this recall is 18179.


## 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 7, for 2019 quarter 4
- Filed with NHTSA: 2020\-01\-27
- Vehicles in the campaign: 88503
- Reported remedied: 85382 \(96%\)
- Reported unreachable: 163
- Reported removed: 27

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2019 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.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2018 GMC TERRAIN](/makes/gmc/terrain/2018/recalls.md). Built 2017\-03\-14 to 2018\-05\-22.

## 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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