Service bulletin PIE0438

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	10140351
Published by NHTSA	2018-06-11
Manufacturer's number	PIE0438
Manufacturer's date	2017-11-20
NHTSA component	AIR BAGS

NHTSA's summary

This engineering information is requesting information from the field on vehicles that have the condition of Driver Side Seat Air Bag Light On DTC codes B0014, B001A, B001E.

The document

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it. NHTSA files a document at one of these two addresses; we have not asked NHTSA which.

Components

Air bags

Trouble codes named

B0014, B001A, B001E

Vehicles listed
CHEVROLET EQUINOX	2018
CHEVROLET TRAVERSE	2018

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
21V246000	2021-04-08. AIR BAGS:CRITICAL FASTENERS

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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PIC6424	2021-02-16. Service bulletin. This Preliminary information communicates a condition where there is only newer hardware available when replacing the Active Safety Control Module. The newer hardware is not compatible with whatis currently loaded into the SPS programming system. Engineering is working on a new software set to address the concern.
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19NA120	2019-08-26. Service bulletin. This technical bulletin provides a procedure to replace the RHD steering wheel clock spring if found with a LHD clock spring installed.
PIE0438A	2018-05-21. Service bulletin. This engineering information is requesting information from the field on vehicles that have the condition of Driver Side Seat Air Bag Light On DTC codes B0014, B001A, B001E.