# Service bulletin 00073

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: 617633
- Published by NHTSA: 2001\-03\-21
- Manufacturer's number: 00073
- Manufacturer's date: 2000\-10\-19
- NHTSA component: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE\-INACTIVE

## NHTSA's summary

GENERAL MOTORS HAS DECIDED THAT A DEFECT WHICH RELATES TO MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY EXISTS IN CERTAIN VEHICLES. THE AIRBAG SENSING AND DIAGNOSTIC MODULES \(SDM\) IN SOME OF THESE VEHICLES COULD EXPERIENCE A MEMORY ERROR RESULTING IN THE AIRBAGS NOT DEPLOYING IN A CRASH SITUATION. \*TT

## 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, Air bag control module

## Vehicles listed

- 2001 CHEVROLET IMPALA
- 2001 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [300800](/bulletins/619034.md), 2001-05-11, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE\-INACTIVE. THIS MESSAGE CONCERNS THE POSSIBILITY OF CERTAIN VEHICLES HAVING A VERY RANDOM AND BRIEF ILLUMINATION OF THE AIRBAG LIGHT DURING VEHICLE OPERATION. \*TT
- [00142](/bulletins/616386.md), 2001-02-23, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE\-INACTIVE. ON SOME VEHICLES, THE AIRBAG SENSING AND DIAGNOSTIC MODULES \(SDM\) COULD EXPERIENCE A MEMORY ERROR RESULTING IN THE AIRBAGS NOT DEPLOYING IN A CRASH SITUATION. \*TT

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