# NHTSA recall 21V649000

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: 21V649000
- Manufacturer's number: N212333380
- Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
- Reported: 2021\-08\-20
- Owners notified: 2021\-09\-17
- Component: SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER:RETRACTOR; SEAT BELTS:CRITICAL FASTENERS
- Units potentially affected: 402
- Part numbers: 11611776

## What is wrong

General Motors, LLC \(GM\) is recalling certain 2016\-2021 Chevrolet Malibu and 2019\-2021 Cadillac XT4 vehicles.  The rear seat belt retractors may be improperly secured with loose or missing fasteners.


## What can happen

An improperly secured seat belt retractor may not function properly in a crash, increasing the risk of injury.


## The remedy

Dealers will inspect and tighten the rear seat belt retractors, as necessary, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed on September 17, 2021.  Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1\-800\-222\-1020 and Cadillac customer service at 1\-800\-458\-8006.  GM's number for this recall is N212333380.


## 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: Annual report 3, for 2025 quarter 3 to 2026 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-07\-17
- Vehicles in the campaign: 402
- Reported remedied: 315 \(78%\)
- Reported unreachable: 6
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2026 quarter 2, 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

- [2019 CADILLAC XT4](/makes/cadillac/xt4/2019/recalls.md)
- [2020 CADILLAC XT4](/makes/cadillac/xt4/2020/recalls.md)
- [2021 CADILLAC XT4](/makes/cadillac/xt4/2021/recalls.md)
- [2016 CHEVROLET MALIBU](/makes/chevrolet/malibu/2016/recalls.md)
- [2017 CHEVROLET MALIBU](/makes/chevrolet/malibu/2017/recalls.md)
- [2018 CHEVROLET MALIBU](/makes/chevrolet/malibu/2018/recalls.md)
- [2019 CHEVROLET MALIBU](/makes/chevrolet/malibu/2019/recalls.md)
- [2020 CHEVROLET MALIBU](/makes/chevrolet/malibu/2020/recalls.md)
- [2021 CHEVROLET MALIBU](/makes/chevrolet/malibu/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.

- [24\-NA\-147](/bulletins/11006849.md), 2024-09-04, Service bulletin
- [99\-09\-40\-005I](/bulletins/10239755.md), 2023-07-28, Service bulletin
- [PIC6014A](/bulletins/10234210.md), 2023-04-17, Service bulletin
- [19NA112](/bulletins/10161923.md), 2019-07-01, Service bulletin
- [19NA112](/bulletins/10161900.md), 2019-07-01, Service bulletin
- [09\-09\-40\-001C](/bulletins/10113787.md), 2017-08-15, Service bulletin
- [PI0388F](/bulletins/10082865.md), 2016-10-19, 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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