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Service bulletin 02039

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.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10009578
Published by NHTSA2004-10-07
Manufacturer's number02039
Manufacturer's date2002-10-31
NHTSA componentSEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT

NHTSA's summary

A DEFECT THAT RELATES TO MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY EXIST ON CERTAIN VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH REARWARD FOLDING HEAD RESTRAINTS ON THE SECOND ROW SEATS. PRODUCT SAFETY RECALL CAMPAIGN 02039, REARWARD FOLDING HEAD RESTRAINTS PINCH POINT. GM VOICEMAIL EXPRESS. *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

Seats

Vehicles listed
CADILLAC ESCALADE2002
CHEVROLET TAHOE2000, 2001, 2002
GMC YUKON2000, 2001, 2002

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20021662002-09-20. Seats And Restraints
02V2530002002-09-17. SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT
20020682002-04-11. Seats And Restraints
20011352001-05-23. Seats And Restraints

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
SB-10-08-50-003B2012-02-06. Service bulletin. GENERAL MOTORS: INFORMATION PROVIDED BY BULLETIN FOR ALL 2012 AND PRIOR GENERAL MOTOR TRUCKS AND PASSENGER VEHICLES REGARDING THE ADJUSTABLE COMFORT AND CUSTOM UPHOLSTERY OF THE DRIVER AND THE PASSENGER HEAD RESTRAINT. *PE
0508500122005-11-30. Service bulletin. UNWANTED/LOOSE SEAT MOVEMENT. *TT
5102005-09-02. Service bulletin. REPAIRING NAPPED FABRIC-SEATS MAY HAVE BEEN UPHOLSTERED IN NAPPED FABRICS WITH DORCHESTER ON THE BOLSTER AND HONEYCOMB ON THE INSERT. *SC
30252004-08-23. Service bulletin. REPAIRING CLOTH SEATS WITH NAPPED FABRIC. *MJ
092320022004-08-10. Service bulletin. SELF-ARTICULATING HEADREST MECHANISM ON THE SECOND ROW SEATS WITH CLEARANCE LESS THAN ALLOWED FOR INADVERTENT INSERTION OF OBJECTS OR EXTREMITIES SMALLER THAN THE INITIAL OPENING. *TT
000850014A2002-02-25. Service bulletin. INFORMATION REGARDING DRIVER'S POWER BUCKET SEATBACK EXPERIENCING MOVEMENT DURING BRAKING. *YH
0901012001-04-06. Service bulletin. INFORMATION ON MISSING SECOND ROW SEAT HEAD RESTRAINTS. *TT
0008500142001-02-23. Service bulletin. SOME CUSTOMERS MAY COMMENT THAT THE DRIVER'S BUCKET SEATBACK MOVES FORWARD ABOUT 25 TO 38 MM (1 TO 1-1/2 INCHES) DURING MODERATE TO HEAVY BRAKING. *TT