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Service bulletin 15796A

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 id10248426
Published by NHTSA2024-01-08
Manufacturer's number15796A
Manufacturer's date2015-12-01
NHTSA componentAIR BAGS

NHTSA's summary

SDM Stud Misalignment

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

Vehicles listed
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 15002016 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 25002016 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 35002016 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC SIERRA 15002016 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC SIERRA 25002016 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC SIERRA 35002016 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
26V6110002026-09-24. AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW:CURTAIN:INFLATOR
20214102021-07-01. Airbag
21V5040002021-07-01. AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW:CURTAIN:INFLATOR
20V7360002020-11-25. AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW:CURTAIN:INFLATOR
20173422017-07-10. Airbag
17V4370002017-07-10. SEAT BELTS:PRETENSIONER; AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE-INACTIVE; AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
20164392016-09-09. Airbag
16V6510002016-09-08. SEAT BELTS:PRETENSIONER; AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE-INACTIVE; AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
15V8300002015-12-10. AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE-INACTIVE
20155902015-12-09. 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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