Cadillac Escalade, Chevrolet Avalanche 1500, Chevrolet Silverado 1500, Gmc Sierra 1500, model year 2011. Filed by General Motors Corp. and reported to NHTSA on 17 December 2010. 1,262 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says General motors is recalling certain model year 2011 cadillac escalade ext, chevrolet avalanche, silverado ld and gmc sierra ld vehicles. the rear axle cross pins were not properly heat treated and could fracture and become displaced within the rear axle. should the pin shift out of position, it could create an …
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General Motors's own number for this recall: 100426. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 10V643 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 10V643 cover?
- Cadillac Escalade, Chevrolet Avalanche 1500, Chevrolet Silverado 1500, GMC Sierra 1500, model year 2011.
- What is wrong with them?
- GENERAL MOTORS IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2011 CADILLAC ESCALADE EXT, CHEVROLET AVALANCHE, SILVERADO LD AND GMC SIERRA LD VEHICLES. THE REAR AXLE CROSS PINS WERE NOT PROPERLY HEAT TREATED AND COULD FRACTURE AND BECOME DISPLACED WITHIN THE REAR AXLE.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- THE DRIVER MAY NOT BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND A CRASH COULD OCCUR WITHOUT WARNING.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. DEALERS WILL INSTALL A NEW REAR AXLE CROSS PIN FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON JANUARY 11, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CADILLAC AT 1-866-982-2339, CHEVROLET AT 1-800-630-2438, GMC AT 1-866-996-9463 AND AT THE OWNER CENTER AT WWW.GMOWNERCENTER.COM.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. General Motors calls this recall 100426, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “THE DRIVER MAY NOT BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND A CRASH COULD OCCUR WITHOUT WARNING.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 10V643 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| System at fault | Suspension:Rear:Axle:Spindle |
| Reported to NHTSA | 17 December 2010 |
| Model years | 2011-2011 |
| Vehicles named | CADILLAC ESCALADE, CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500, CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500, GMC SIERRA 1500 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
THE DRIVER MAY NOT BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND A CRASH COULD OCCUR WITHOUT WARNING.
The remedy
DEALERS WILL INSTALL A NEW REAR AXLE CROSS PIN FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON JANUARY 11, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CADILLAC AT 1-866-982-2339, CHEVROLET AT 1-800-630-2438, GMC AT 1-866-996-9463 AND AT THE OWNER CENTER AT WWW.GMOWNERCENTER.COM.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 732 notices in the record whose component field names suspension. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 33 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Cadillac Escalade recalls: 21 US campaigns
- Chevrolet Avalanche 1500 recalls: 3 US campaigns
- Chevrolet Silverado 1500 recalls: 52 US campaigns
- GMC Sierra 1500 recalls: 50 US campaigns
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 10V643, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/10v643/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
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We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 10V643 on 17 September 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
370060b8 - Consequence
b1ec58be - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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