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Service bulletin 040857005

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 id10011081
Published by NHTSA2004-12-29
Manufacturer's number040857005
Manufacturer's date2004-09-01
NHTSA componentSTRUCTURE:BODY

NHTSA's summary

WATER INTRUSION INTO CAB AT MIDGATE. *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

Body and frame

Vehicles listed
CADILLAC ESCALADE2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
CHEVROLET AVALANCHE2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
04V1290002004-03-17. STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
03V0370002003-02-06. STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS

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

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