NHTSA Opens Investigation Of More Than 870,000 GM Car Units, Here's The Problem

Chevrolet Silverado. (Doc. General Motors)

JAKARTA - The safety agency in the United States (US), the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) opened an initial investigation into 877,710 vehicles made by General Motors (GM) including the Chevrolet, Cadillac, and GMC brands.

Reported by Reuters on Monday, January 20, the independent authority began conducting an investigation after receiving reports that several vehicles had engine failure.

The investigations include pickup truck and SUV vehicles, namely Chevrolet Silverado, GMC Sierra, Chevrolet Tahoe, Chevrolet Suburban, GMC Yukon and Cadillac Escalade from the 2019-2024 model with the L87 V8 engine.

According to the agency, the reporting party informed that there was a failure in the bearing which had the potential to cause the engine to stall or break the engine block by connecting rods.

This malfunction can result in the loss of propulsion in vehicles, thereby increasing the risk of accidents. However, NHTSA has not received any reports of any accidents or fires that resulted in the incident.

NHTSA has received 39 complaint reports and a number of field reports from early warning reports from vehicle owners, who also said there was no detection before engine failure.

The investigation, referred to as the "early evaluation", was opened by the NHTSA investigation section, namely the Office of Protects Investigation to determine the scope and severity of potential problems and fully assess the potential related to safety.

Meanwhile, GM stated that it would cooperate with NHTSA to investigate the matter before further action to make a recall or not.

Tentu ini bukan awal tahun 2025 yang baik bagi GM setelah sebelumnya mendapatkan peringkat kelima dalam daftar kendaraan terbanyak yang melakukan recall selama tahun lalu di AS.

The company recorded that it had recalled 1.9 million units over the past year consisting of Chevrolet, Cadillac, GMC, and Buick brands.