Chevrolet Impala. Published by Transport Canada as 2016340 on 30 June 2016. System: Electrical.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the front passenger seat frame may damage the wires of the passenger presence sensor (PPS) module. If this occurs, the system may fail to detect an occupant in passenger seat and improperly suppress the front passenger airbag. The damage could also cause the airbag fuse to short, disabling air …
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Chevrolet IMPALA in the other registers
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2016340
- Recall date
- 30 June 2016
- Make
- Chevrolet
- Models
- Impala
- Model years
- 2009 to 2010
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Electrical
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 18,584
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the front passenger seat frame may damage the wires of the passenger presence sensor (PPS) module. If this occurs, the system may fail to detect an occupant in passenger seat and improperly suppress the front passenger airbag. The damage could also cause the airbag fuse to short, disabling air bags and seatbelt pretensioners. These issues could increase the risk of injury to vehicle occupants in a crash where airbag and/or pretensioner deployment is warranted. Correction: Dealers will inspect wiring and repair as necessary, as well as apply protective anti-abrasion tape. Note: If the passenger airbag is suppressed, the passenger airbag status indicator would indicate that the passenger airbag is off even when a passenger is sitting in the front passenger seat. In addition, the "service airbag" message would be displayed in the driver information centre (DIC). This could also cause the cluster gauges and DIC alerts to intermittently turn off or not function properly.
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 2016340.
Chevrolet elsewhere in this register
Chevrolet is named on 880 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2016341 · 30 June 2016 · Verano, Malibu · Powertrain
- 2016339 · 29 June 2016 · Cruze · Lights And Instruments
- 2016318 · 22 June 2016 · Terrain, Equinox · Visual System
- 2016312 · 17 June 2016 · Equinox · Label
- 2016307 · 15 June 2016 · Avalanche, Suburban, Tahoe · Airbag
- 2016292 · 8 June 2016 · Spark, Sonic, Trax · Electrical
- 2016351 · 7 July 2016 · Malibu · High Voltage
- 2016238 · 18 May 2016 · Cruze · Airbag
The same system: Electrical
686 notices in this register name Electrical. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2016292 · 8 June 2016 · Spark, Sonic, Trax · Electrical
- 2016271 · 1 June 2016 · Kodiak · Electrical
- 2016350 · 7 July 2016 · Regal · Electrical
- 2016373 · 26 July 2016 · Prostar · Electrical
- 2016236 · 17 May 2016 · Tuscany Xte, Tuscany, Venetian · Electrical
- 2016228 · 16 May 2016 · Dyna Low Rider · Electrical
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