# Service bulletin 052703

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10003674
- Published by NHTSA: 2003\-10\-28
- Manufacturer's number: 052703
- Manufacturer's date: 2003\-05\-27
- NHTSA component: SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY

## NHTSA's summary

DURING A VEHICLE CRASH OF SUFFICIENT SEVERITY TO DEPLOY THE SAFETY BELT RETENTIONER, THE FRONT SAFETY BELT BUCKLES IN SOME VEHICLES MAY NOT RELEASE AFTER THE VEHICLE CRASH OR ALTERNATELY MAY EJECT THE FRONT SAFETY BELT LATCHES DURING THE VEHICLE CRASH RESULTING IN INCREASED RISK OF PERSONAL INJURY. NEW PRODUCT FIELD ACTION NUMBER 03007, FRONT SAFETY BELT BUCKLES. \*TT

## The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

## Components

Seat belts

## Vehicles listed

- 2003 CHEVROLET EXPRESS
- 2003 GMC SAVANA

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2008120](/recalls/tc/2008120.md), 2008-04-10: Seats And Restraints
- [05V558000](/recalls/nhtsa/05V558000.md), 2005-12-19: SEAT BELTS
- [2005390](/recalls/tc/2005390.md), 2005-12-14: Seats And Restraints
- [04V225000](/recalls/nhtsa/04V225000.md), 2004-05-11: SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
- [2003172](/recalls/tc/2003172.md), 2003-07-16: Seats And Restraints
- [2003040](/recalls/tc/2003040.md), 2003-02-19: Seats And Restraints
- [03V050000](/recalls/nhtsa/03V050000.md), 2003-02-14: SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [09\-09\-40\-001C](/bulletins/10113787.md), 2017-08-15, Service bulletin: SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY; SEAT BELTS. This informational bulletin provides information to advise dealers about seat belt buckles not operating and/or seat belt warning light illumination, as well as difficulty latching and unlatching the buckle or the buckle release button sticking.
- [09\-09\-40\-001A](/bulletins/10038294.md), 2011-06-14, Service bulletin: SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WARNING LIGHT/DEVICES; SEAT BELTS. GM: THERE ARE SEAT BELT PROBLEMS: DIFFICULTY LATCHING AND UNLATCHING BUCKLE. BUCKLE RELEASE BUTTON IS STICKING. SEAT BELT WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. LIKELY CAUSED BY STICKY BEVERAGES THAT ARE SPILLED INTO THE BUCKLE ASSEMBLY. \*RM UPDATED 4/3/12. \*PE
- [030940005](/bulletins/10002949.md), 2003-10-02, Service bulletin: SEAT BELTS:FRONT. NEW FRONT SEAT BELT DESIGN. \*TT

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