The Equinox and Terrain vehicles impacted by the recall are from 2020 to 2023, according to GM and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
that the use of either a vehicle's seat belt or its LATCH are "equally safe" options.
The AAP's guidelines say that just one of the two options should be used at a time, "unless the car safety seat and vehicle manufacturers say it is OK to use both systems at the same time." GM notes there have been no accidents, injuries or fatalities related to the LATCH issue in the affected Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain vehicles.
"GM is voluntarily recalling certain 2020 - 2023 Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain vehicles. In these vehicles, the four-seat lower child seat LATCH anchorage bars may have excessive powder coating, which could prevent a child seat from being installed with the anchorage bars," the company said in a statement to ABC News. "As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 225, 'Child Restraint Anchorage Systems.
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