# Service bulletin 12\-09\-41\-002B

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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10138590
- Published by NHTSA: 2018\-05\-29
- Manufacturer's number: 12\-09\-41\-002B
- Manufacturer's date: 2014\-07\-23
- NHTSA component: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE; EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL; AIR BAGS

## NHTSA's summary

The informational bulletin explains how items on the passenger seat may cause the PPS to chime or the passenger airbag light turns on if electronic devices or conductive objects are placed on the seat.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10138590-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10138590-0001.pdf)

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it.

## Components

Air bags, Equipment and accessories, Labels and manuals, Air bag inflator

## Vehicles listed

- 2013 to 2015 BUICK ENCLAVE
- 2013 to 2015 BUICK LACROSSE
- 2013 to 2015 BUICK REGAL
- 2012 to 2015 BUICK VERANO
- 2013 to 2015 CADILLAC ATS
- 2013 to 2015 CADILLAC CTS
- 2014 to 2015 CADILLAC ELR
- 2013 to 2015 CADILLAC SRX
- 2013 to 2015 CADILLAC XTS
- 2014 to 2015 CHEVROLET CAPRICE
- 2014 to 2015 CHEVROLET CHEVEROLET SS
- 2012 to 2015 CHEVROLET CRUZE
- 2013 to 2015 CHEVROLET EQUINOX
- 2014 to 2015 CHEVROLET IMPALA
- 2013 to 2015 CHEVROLET MALIBU
- 2013 CHEVROLET SONIC
- 2013 to 2015 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE
- 2013 to 2014 CHEVROLET VOLT
- 2013 to 2015 GMC ACADIA
- 2013 to 2015 GMC TERRAIN

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [26V329000](/recalls/nhtsa/26V329000.md), 2026-05-21: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
- [23V516000](/recalls/nhtsa/23V516000.md), 2023-07-27: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
- [23V334000](/recalls/nhtsa/23V334000.md), 2023-05-10: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
- [22V246000](/recalls/nhtsa/22V246000.md), 2022-04-14: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
- [21V782000](/recalls/nhtsa/21V782000.md), 2021-10-07: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL; AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [SB\-0000188163\-5](/bulletins/10061143.md), 2016-03-31, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.
- [SB\-0000187781\-A](/bulletins/10061136.md), 2016-03-31, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.
- [SB\-0000190518\-A](/bulletins/10061123.md), 2016-03-31, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.
- [SB\-12261A\-A](/bulletins/10059999.md), 2016-03-16, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.
- [SB\-12261](/bulletins/10059957.md), 2016-03-16, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.
- [SB\-15536](/bulletins/10058794.md), 2015-11-25, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE; AIR BAGS; AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE. BUICK/GMC/SATURN/CHEVROLET: TSB CONTAINS AN OWNER'S NOTIFICATION LETTER. SELECT DOCUMENT SEARCH BUTTON BELOW. SOME VEHICLES ARE EXPERIENCING, ON DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT MOUNTED SIDE IMPACT AIRBAG \(SIAB\) WIRING HARNESS CONNECTORS, LOOSE OR CORRODED CRIMPS, THAT IS CAUSING RESISTANCE THAT CAN DISABLE FRONT CENTER AIRBAG AND SEAT BELT PRETENSIONERS. MODEL 2008\-13 ENCLAVE, OUTLOOK, TRAVERSE, ACADIA. \*PE
- [SB\-12015](/bulletins/10043476.md), 2012-04-04, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE. CHEVROLET: THE RETAINERS ON DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG MODULE MAY NOT FULLY ENGAGE, IN STEERING WHEEL, DUE TO INTERFERENCE OF A FELT INSULATOR PATCH. \*PE UPDATED ON 5/1/2012. \*KB
- [PI\-0626](/bulletins/10043315.md), 2012-03-13, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE. BUICK/CHEVROLET: IT IS HARD TO REMOVE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DUE TO REVISED SPRING DESIGN, WHICH CAUSES HIGHER RETAINING FORCE BETWEEN DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG AND STEERING WHEEL. \*PE

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