# NHTSA recall 21V189000

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.

**NHTSA advises: park outside, away from buildings, until the repair is done.**

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 21V189000
- Manufacturer's number: N202325160
- Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
- Reported: 2021\-03\-18
- Owners notified: 2021\-04\-16
- Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES
- Units potentially affected: 10154
- Part numbers: 84911210, 84911211, 84911212, 84911213

## What is wrong

General Motors, LLC \(GM\) is recalling certain 2021 Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana vehicles equipped with 6.6L gasoline engines.  The positive battery cable terminals may contact a fuse block assembly attachment post and cause an electrical short circuit.


## What can happen

A short\-circuit can increase the risk of a fire.


## The remedy

Owners are advised to park their vehicles outside and away from structures until the repair is complete.  GM will notify owners, and dealers will remove a portion of the anti\-rotation tab on both positive battery cable terminals near the fuse block assembly attachments, free of charge.  If too much of the tab had been removed during prior servicing, the battery cable will be replaced, free of charge.  The recall began April 16, 2021.  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 N202325160.


## 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: Annual report 3, for 2025 quarter 2 to 2026 quarter 1
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-04\-10
- Vehicles in the campaign: 10154
- Reported remedied: 9297 \(91%\)
- Reported unreachable: 10
- Reported removed: 5

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2026 quarter 1, 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

- [2021 CHEVROLET EXPRESS](/makes/chevrolet/express/2021/recalls.md)
- [2021 GMC SAVANA](/makes/gmc/savana/2021/recalls.md)

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [20\-NA\-132](/bulletins/10252774.md), 2024-04-05, Service bulletin
- [20NA132](/bulletins/10205059.md), 2021-12-20, 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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