# NHTSA recall 22V246000

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: 22V246000
- Manufacturer's number: N222366190
- Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
- Reported: 2022\-04\-14
- Owners notified: 2023\-02\-23
- Component: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
- Units potentially affected: 2687
- Part numbers: 86805560, 86805561, 86805562, 86805568, 86805569, 86805571, 86805572, 86805565, 86805566

## What is wrong

General Motors, LLC \(GM\) is recalling certain 2015 Buick Enclave, Chevrolet Traverse and GMC Acadia vehicles.  The driver's air bag inflator may explode during deployment, due to a manufacturing defect.


## What can happen

An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants, resulting in serious injury or death.


## The remedy

Dealers will replace the drivers air bag module, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed February 23, 2023.  Owners may contact Buick customer service at 1\-800\-521\-7300; Chevrolet customer service at 1\-800\-222\-1020 or GMC customer service at 1\-800\-462\-8782.  GM's number for this recall is N222366190.


## 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 1, for 2025 quarter 1 to 2025 quarter 4
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-01\-15
- Vehicles in the campaign: 2687
- Reported remedied: 1507 \(56%\)
- Reported unreachable: 51
- Reported removed: 1

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2025 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

- [2015 BUICK ENCLAVE](/makes/buick/enclave/2015/recalls.md)
- [2015 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE](/makes/chevrolet/traverse/2015/recalls.md)
- [2015 GMC ACADIA](/makes/gmc/acadia/2015/recalls.md)

## Investigated as EA16003

This recall followed 1 NHTSA investigation. An investigation is NHTSA looking into a possible defect. It is not a finding that a defect exists, and it does not say that any one vehicle is affected.

- EA16003: Engineering analysis, opened 2016\-08\-04. Air Bag Inflator Rupture. AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE.

From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/22V246000/investigations](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/22V246000/investigations)

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [12\-09\-41\-002B](/bulletins/10138590.md), 2018-05-29, 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)

JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/22V246000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/22V246000)

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