Gmc Acadia, Outlook, Enclave, Traverse. Published by Transport Canada as 2015280 on 25 June 2015. System: Structure.
What the notice says On certain vehicles equipped with a power liftgate system, the gas-filled struts (which help to raise and support the liftgate) may prematurely wear. These vehicles have a Prop Rod Recovery system intended to accomplish a controlled, slow return of the liftgate to the closed position if the liftgate’s gas struts are …
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Transport Canada carries this recall as 2015280, dated 25 June 2015. The American register carries the same defect as campaign 15V415, dated 30 June 2015. They are the same defect because the manufacturer filed both under one internal campaign code, 15240.
| Canada | United States | |
|---|---|---|
| Number | 2015280 | 15V415 |
| Dated | 25 June 2015 | 30 June 2015 |
| Register | Transport Canada | NHTSA |
| Make | GMC | |
The two registers are 5 days apart: the Canadian entry is dated first, the American one second.
These are the dates each register records against its own notice. They are separate administrative acts in two countries, recorded by two authorities under two sets of rules, and this page does not claim that one caused the other or that owners in either country were contacted on those days. What it shows is that the same manufacturer campaign reached the two registers on different dates.
Read the American notice 15V415, including every earlier version of its wording this site holds. The Canadian register explains why the manufacturer code is published there and what that makes possible. Canada and America sets every matched pair side by side.
GMC ACADIA in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. GMC ACADIA is named on 14 American notices, 1 Japanese and 4 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
The Japanese register
The Israeli register
Nothing here says any of these is this notice in another country. A model recalled in one country is often recalled in another, in different words and at a different time, and the authorities do not cross-reference each other. Reading them together is the reason this site holds more than one register.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2015280
- Recall date
- 25 June 2015
- Make
- GMC, Saturn, Buick, Chevrolet
- Models
- Acadia, Outlook, Enclave, Traverse
- Model years
- 2007 to 2012
- Vehicle class
- SUV
- System
- Structure
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 36,369
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles equipped with a power liftgate system, the gas-filled struts (which help to raise and support the liftgate) may prematurely wear. These vehicles have a Prop Rod Recovery system intended to accomplish a controlled, slow return of the liftgate to the closed position if the liftgate’s gas struts are no longer capable of supporting the weight of the liftgate. The vehicle would provide audible warnings and flash the tail lamps to indicate there is a problem. However, the liftgate’s Prop Rod Recovery system software may be unable to detect/stop a liftgate with prematurely worn gas struts from falling too quickly after the liftgate is opened. This could allow the liftgate to drop suddenly, placing anyone beneath or near the gate at risk of injury. Correction: Dealers will reprogram the power liftgate actuator motor ECU with a new software and will verify power liftgate operation following the reprogram.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 2015280.
GMC elsewhere in this register
GMC is named on 561 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2015235 · 28 May 2015 · Silverado, Sierra · Airbag
- 2015192 · 11 May 2015 · Colorado, Canyon · Brakes
- 2015185 · 6 May 2015 · Canyon, Colorado · Seats And Restraints
- 2015352 · 5 August 2015 · Savana, Express · Brakes
- 2015365 · 12 August 2015 · Allure, Trailblazer Ext, Envoy XL · Lights And Instruments
- 2015422 · 24 September 2015 · Rainier, Envoy XL, Trailblazer · Electrical
- 2015121 · 18 March 2015 · Canyon · Airbag
- 2015449 · 5 October 2015 · Traverse, Enclave, Acadia · Electrical
The same system: Structure
800 notices in this register name Structure. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2015287 · 26 June 2015 · Montana, Mountaineer · Structure
- 2015290 · 29 June 2015 · Vista Non-School Bus, Mvp-Ef Non-School Bus, Saf-T-Liner C2 Non-School Bus · Structure
- 2015275 · 18 June 2015 · Sprinter, Montana, Laredo · Structure
- 2015258 · 11 June 2015 · LR4 · Structure
- 2015259 · 11 June 2015 · Range Rover, Range Rover Sport · Structure
- 2015306 · 14 July 2015 · Cooper, Cooper S · Structure
Reading this against the source
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What the words on this notice mean — the system it is filed under, and what the filing type says about who found the fault.
This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the GMC Acadia, in all seven, is kept on that vehicle's own page, with the newest in each.
This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a GMC: 561 in the register, and 620 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2015.
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