Service bulletin PIC-5538-A

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)
Type	Service bulletin
NHTSA id	10042304
Published by NHTSA	2011-12-06
Manufacturer's number	PIC-5538-A
Manufacturer's date	2011-10-01
NHTSA component	AIR BAGS; AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW

NHTSA's summary

CHEVROLET: CERTAIN VEHICLE EXHIBITING SYMPTOM(S) OF AN INTERMITTENT SIR INDICATOR LAMP ON OR MESSAGE DISPLAYED. *PE

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

Air bags

Vehicles listed
CHEVROLET CAMARO	2011

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

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