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Service bulletin 14171

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 id10247268
Published by NHTSA2023-12-18
Manufacturer's number14171
Manufacturer's date2014-10-01
NHTSA componentUNKNOWN OR OTHER; SEAT BELTS

NHTSA's summary

Lapbelt Pretensioner Locking Performance

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

Seat belts

Vehicles listed
BUICK ENCORE2013, 2014
CADILLAC ATS2013, 2014
CHEVROLET TRAX2013

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
17V4370002017-07-10. SEAT BELTS:PRETENSIONER; AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE-INACTIVE; AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
16V6510002016-09-08. SEAT BELTS:PRETENSIONER; AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE-INACTIVE; AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
20143432014-08-11. Seats And Restraints
14V4880002014-08-08. SEAT BELTS:FRONT
20143152014-07-29. Seats And Restraints

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
24-NA-1472024-09-04. Service bulletin. This service bulletin provides information on regular inspection of the Seat Belt Lap Anchor.
990940005G2024-02-12. Service bulletin. Seat Belt Extender Availability
122722023-12-11. Service bulletin. Service Update for Inventory and Customer Vehicles Passenger Safety Belt Reminder Inoperative Expires with Base Warranty
990940005G2023-12-11. Service bulletin. Seat Belt Extender Availability
99-09-40-005I2023-07-28. Service bulletin. This service bulletin provides information on availability for a seat belt extender.
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.
99-09-40-005G2017-08-15. Service bulletin. This informational bulletin provides information on availability for the seat belt extender.
PIC58072017-08-15. Service bulletin. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that it could be extremely difficult to remove one or more of the Driver or Front Passenger Seat Bolts. Technician will need to be very cautious and heat the seat bolts to soft the thread locking compound.
14567A2017-01-31. Service bulletin. 14567A - SPECIAL COVERAGE (REVISED PARTS INFORMATION SECTION). ON CERTAIN 2013-2015 MODEL YEAR CHEVROLET TRAX AND BUICK ENCORE VEHICLES, THE REAR-SEAT-BELT BUCKLE COVER MAY BE BROKEN AND FULLY SEPARATED FROM THE REAR-SEAT-BELT BUCKLE DUE TO SEAT-BELT-BUCKLE HEAD CONTACT BETWEEN THE ISO FIXTURE AND THE SEAT-HINGE STUD, SEAT-HINGE BRACKET, OR FLOOR PANEL. THIS CAN OCCUR IF THE BUCKLE IS NOT PROPERLY RETAINED IN THE ROUTING STRIP. OVER TIME, THE SEAT-BELT BUCKLE MAY INTERMITTENTLY NOT LOCK OR THE WEBBING MAY SEPARATE FROM THE SEAT-BELT BUCKLE IF THE BUCKLE COVER BECOMES DETACHED. AFTER VERIFYING THE ABOVE CONDITION, DEALERS ARE TO REPLACE BOTH REAR SEAT BELT BUCKLE ASSEMBLIES.