# NHTSA recall 21V472000

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: 21V472000
- Manufacturer's number: N212340220
- Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
- Reported: 2021\-06\-24
- Owners notified: 2021\-07\-29
- Component: AIR BAGS:SENSOR:FRONTAL IMPACT
- Units potentially affected: 6
- Part numbers: 84848857, 84848860, 84848862, 84848864

## What is wrong

General Motors, LLC \(GM\) is recalling certain 2021 Chevrolet Traverse and Buick Enclave vehicles.  During service by dealers, certain vehicles may have received incorrect air bag calibration software that may affect frontal airbag deployment.


## What can happen

Air bags that do not deploy as intended can increase the risk of injury.


## The remedy

Dealers will update the air bag calibration software, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed on July 29, 2021.  Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1\-800\-222\-1020 and Buick customer service at 1\-800\-521\-7300. GM's number for this recall is N212340220.


## 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.nhtsa.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 6, for 2022 quarter 4
- Filed with NHTSA: 2023\-01\-13
- Vehicles in the campaign: 6
- Reported remedied: 6 \(100%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2022 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

- [2021 BUICK ENCLAVE](/makes/buick/enclave/2021/recalls.md)
- [2021 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE](/makes/chevrolet/traverse/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.

- [20NA148](/bulletins/10205061.md), 2021-12-20, Service bulletin
- [PIC5650J](/bulletins/10201252.md), 2021-09-13, Service bulletin
- [20NA215](/bulletins/10194089.md), 2021-05-24, Service bulletin
- [PIT5804](/bulletins/10187203.md), 2021-02-16, Service bulletin
- [PIT5804](/bulletins/10185752.md), 2021-01-25, 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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