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Service bulletin 050850002

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 id10013488
Published by NHTSA2005-04-20
Manufacturer's number050850002
Manufacturer's date2005-01-01
NHTSA componentSEAT BELTS

NHTSA's summary

FRONT SEAT HEAD RESTRAINT UNCOMFORTABLE POSITIONED TOO FAR FORWARD. *EH

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
CHEVROLET MALIBU2004, 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
20041392004-04-20. Seats And Restraints
04V1880002004-04-16. SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE

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
040272005-04-27. Service bulletin. UPCOMING SAFETY RECALLS: 04027 SEAT BELT LOWER ANCHORAGE . *SC
042020042004-09-17. Service bulletin. SEABELT ANCHOR THAT MAY DETACH IN A SEVERE SIDE IMPACT CRASH. PRODUCT SAFETY RECALL. GM VOICEMAIL EXPRESS. *TT
040272004-07-14. Service bulletin. PRODUCT SAFETY RECALL DRIVER'S SAFETY BELT ANCHORAGE. *MJ