More than 14,000 Cadillac Vistiq electric vehicles have been recalled over a risk of the third-row seat trapping a child, after Hyundai made a similar recall in the wake of a 2-year-old girl’s tragic death in a power seat incident earlier this year.
General Motors said it is recalling certain 2026-2027 Cadillac Vistiq vehicles over concerns a person, especially a small child, could be trapped by a rear powered seatback that fails to reverse when it encounters a person.
It estimated 100% of the 14,540 recalled vehicles have the defect, according to a recall report with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
The third-row seatbacks in Cadillac Vistiq vehicles can be folded down into the stowed positions with the click of a button – but defective seatbacks will stop in place instead of automatically reversing when they encounter an obstruction in the seat, the recall report said.
General Motors said it is not aware of any injuries related to the recall.
Owners of impacted Cadillac vehicles should bring their cars to a dealership, where the third-row folding feature will be disabled until remedy parts become available. Once available, the seatbacks will be repaired, free of charge.
Notification letters are expected to be mailed to owners by Aug. 3.
In the meantime, Cadillac has ordered dealers to immediately stop delivery orders for the impacted vehicles.
The automaker identified the defect during an evaluation it launched after Hyundai issued a similar recall for 2026 Palisade vehicles, following the death of a toddler.
Two-year-old Lucia Ayala was pinned by a third-row seatback in a 2026 Hyundai Palisade in the parking lot of a Restaurant Depot on March 7, according to police in Akron, Ohio.
Bystanders were able to free the girl from the SUV, but she had been suffocated to death, the police report said.
Hyundai then recalled more than 60,000 vehicles and paused sales of the 2026 Hyundai Palisade.
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