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Service bulletin COUNTERFEIT AIRB

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 id10089708
Published by NHTSA2017-01-26
Manufacturer's numberCOUNTERFEIT AIRB
Manufacturer's date2012-10-10
NHTSA componentAIR BAGS

NHTSA's summary

NOTIFICATION OF COUNTERFEIT AIRBAGS IN AFTERMARKET.

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
BUICK LACROSSE2010, 2011
CHEVROLET AVEO2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
CHEVROLET CAMARO2011, 2012
CHEVROLET CRUZE2011, 2012
CHEVROLET VOLT2011, 2012

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20143062014-07-22. Airbag
20142132014-06-06. Airbag
14V3000002014-06-06. AIR BAGS
13V0230002013-01-24. AIR BAGS
12V5220002012-10-31. AIR BAGS
20123682012-10-30. Airbag

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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