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HighNHTSA·24V797000·Announced 2025-12-10

[pending] 2020 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500

Pending LLM rewrite. Source: NHTSA 24V797000.

What this means for you

Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.

Our severity reasoning: Pending LLM scoring against the rubric.

Plain-English summary

General Motors, LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2020-2022 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, 2500, 3500, GMC Sierra 1500, 2500, 3500, 2021 Cadillac Escalade, Escalade ESV, Chevrolet Tahoe, Suburban, GMC Yukon, and Yukon XL vehicles equipped with diesel engines. The transmission control valve may fail and cause the rear wheels to lock-up.

Rear wheel lock-up can increase the risk of a crash.

Dealers will install new transmission control module software, free of charge. GM will provide a special coverage program to cover the repair of transmissions that are identified by the remedy software as containing a defective control valve. Owner notification letters were mailed December 12, 2024. Owners may contact GM customer service at 1-888-988-7267, Cadillac customer service at 1-800-458-8006, GMC customer service at GMC 1-800-462-8782 or Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020. GM's number for this recall is N242454440.

The recalled product

Product
2020 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500
Brand
CHEVROLET
Manufacturer
General Motors, LLC
Category
Vehicle — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE:SOFTWARE
Affected units
463,295

Is your product affected?

Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.

Model numbers (12)

  • SILVERADO 1500
  • SIERRA 1500
  • SIERRA 2500
  • SILVERADO 2500
  • SILVERADO 3500
  • SIERRA 3500
  • ESCALADE ESV
  • YUKON XL
  • ESCALADE
  • TAHOE
  • SUBURBAN
  • YUKON

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

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