According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s website, General Motors (GM) is recalling certain model year 2013 Cadillac Escalade, Escalade ESV, and Escalade EXT; Chevrolet Avalanche, Express, Silverado HD, Silverado LD, Suburban, and Tahoe; and GMC Savana, Sierra HD, Sierra LD, Yukon, and Yukon XL vehicles, manufactured between November 7, 2012, through December 18, 2012, for failing to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 102, “Transmission Shift Lever Sequence, Starter Interlock, and Transmission Braking Effect”, and FMVSS No. 114, “Theft Protection and Rollaway Prevention.” The vehicles may have been built with a fractured park lock cable or a malformed steering column lock actuator gear in the lock module assembly.
The recall includes the following vehicles:
- 2013 CADILLAC / ESCALADE
- 2013 CADILLAC / ESCALADE ESV
- 2013 CADILLAC / ESCALADE EXT
- 2013 CHEVROLET / AVALANCHE
- 2013 CHEVROLET / EXPRESS
- 2013 CHEVROLET / SILVERADO
- 2013 CHEVROLET / SUBURBAN
- 2013 CHEVROLET / TAHOE
- 2013 GMC / SAVANA
- 2013 GMC / SIERRA
- 2013 GMC / YUKON
- 2013 GMC / YUKON XL