Wireless phone charging is one of the latest casualties in the automotive industry’s semiconductor chip shortage as GM removes the feature from some of its 2021 and 2022 model year vehicles.

Earlier this morning, GM dealers were told that the Chevrolet Suburban, Tahoe, GMC Yukon, & Cadillac Escalade would no longer ship with electronic steering column locks after July 5th. The news gets worse, however. The Suburban, Tahoe, and Yukon, along with other models will also lose wireless phone charging as well.

Due to the current global chip shortage, 2021 Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban along with 2021 GMC Yukon and Yukon XL will no longer have wireless phone charging as a feature. The problem even extends into 2022 models, such as the Chevrolet Traverse, Buick Enclave, and Cadillac XT5/XT6. There’s no date given when or if wireless phone charging will ever come back.

2022 Chevy Traverse High Country
2022 Chevy Traverse High Country

GM dealers are in the middle of a vehicle shortage, and the General is doing everything they can do to keep vehicles flowing to dealer lots so they can be sold. The company is even resorting to building vehicles and storing them until chips become available.

Vehicles built without wireless phone charging will be noted as such with an RPO Code, RS6 on the vehicle sticker. Vehicles without the option will be credited $75 on the MSRP.

The letter pushed to GM dealers reads like this:

Semiconductor Vehicle Feature Update
Updated Date: Jul 02, 2021 09:00 ET

Chevrolet, Buick/GMC and Cadillac Dealers:

As promised, we want to continue to keep you in the loop regarding the global, industry-wide shortage of semiconductors. Due to these shortages, we are announcing several changes to certain vehicles:

Wireless Phone Charging:

The Wireless Phone Charging feature will no longer be available on certain 2021 model year:

  • Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban
  • GMC Yukon and Yukon XL

And certain 2022 model year:

  • Cadillac XT5
  • Cadillac XT6
  • Chevrolet Traverse
  • Buick Enclave

This takes effect starting on or after:

July 12, 2021, on certain 2021 Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban, as well as certain GMC Yukon and Yukon XL
August 2, 2021, on certain 2022 Cadillac XT5 and XT6; Chevrolet Traverse and Buick Enclave

By taking this measure, it will enable continued production and delivery of inventory to help respond to the strong customer and dealer demand for our most popular vehicles as the industry continues to rebound and strengthen.

For orders with a scheduled production date on or after:

July 12, 2021, GM will build certain 2021 Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburbans, as well as GMC Yukon and Yukon XL models with the added RPO code 00C – Not Equipped with Wireless Phone Charging
August 2, 2021, GM will build certain Chevrolet Traverse and Buick Enclaves with RPO code R6I -Not Equipped with Wireless Phone Charging and certain 2022 Cadillac XT5 and XT6s with the added RPO code R6S – Not Equipped with Wireless Phone Charging

Please refer to the table below for trim details and updated Order Guide which will be available July 12, 2021.

These RPO codes will be reflected on the Dealer Invoice along with an associated $75 MSRP credit. The Monroney label will include this credit and indicate that the vehicle is not equipped with Wireless Phone Charging. Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, and Cadillac are updating all consumer and dealer facing materials as appropriate.