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Service bulletin 3178

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 id10010261
Published by NHTSA2004-11-08
Manufacturer's number3178
Manufacturer's date2004-01-01
NHTSA componentSEAT BELTS:FRONT

NHTSA's summary

DRIVER AND/OR PASSENGER FRONT SEAT BELTS LOCK UP IN RETRACTED POSITION. *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
BUICK RAINIER2005
CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER2002, 2003, 2004
GMC ENVOY2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA2002, 2003, 2004

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20041582004-05-10. Seats And Restraints
04V2010002004-04-28. SEAT BELTS
20031722003-07-16. 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
05-09-40-002G2018-04-23. Service bulletin. This technical bulletin provides a revision of 05-09-40-002F to add the 2013-2014 model years.
09-09-40-001C2017-08-15. Service bulletin. 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.
09-09-40-001A2011-06-14. Service bulletin. 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
05-09-40-002E2011-05-11. Service bulletin. GM: SERVICE BULLETIN EXPLAINING WHEN THE SAFETY BELTS ARE SUPPOSED TO LOCK. *RM UPDATED 12/6/11. *PE
30352004-08-23. Service bulletin. INTERIOR MIDGATE OPERATION AND 2ND ROW SEAT BELT ROUTING. *TT
0309400062004-03-05. Service bulletin. INFORMATION ON AVOIDING FRONT SEAT BELT RETRACTOR JAMMING WHEN STORING SEAT BELT. *TT UPDATED *EH
0209400052003-02-14. Service bulletin. AVAILABILITY OF REAR SEAT SHOULDER BELT COMFORT GUIDES. *TT
0209400032003-02-12. Service bulletin. PASSENGER SEAT SHOULDER BELT TOO TIGHT OR CINCHES UP. *TT
0804012001-05-30. Service bulletin. INFORMATION ON USING THE SEAT AND SHOULD BELT EXTENDERS. *TT