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Service bulletins for the 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt

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.

1015 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

About B0081 on the 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt: what the code means, and the bulletins and recalls about the same components.

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Only bulletins with trouble code: B0081 are shown. Show all

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SB-09-09-40-0032010-03-06. Service bulletin. INTERIOR LIGHTING; AIR BAGS. CHEVROLET/PONTIAC: SIR/AIRBAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED, DTC B0081 AND PASSENGER PRESENCE SYSTEM (PPS) CODE 23 STORED (REPLACE PASSENGER SEAT BELT RETRACTOR AND RE-ROUTE WIRE HARNESS). *PE UPDATED 3/4/11. *PE
SB-08-09-41-007A2009-12-02. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. BUICK/CADILLAC/CHEVROLET/GMC/SATURN: PASSENGER PRESENCE SYSTEM (PPS) MAY COMMAND PASSENGER AIRBAG INDICATOR AND SEAT BELT REMINDER ON WHEN ELECTRONIC DEVICES (COMPUTERS, MP3 PLAYER, CELL PHONES, TECH 2, ETC.) ARE PLACED ON FRONT PASSENGER SEAT, DTC B0074 0F; B101D OR B0081 SET. THIS IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT SOME ELECTRONIC DEVICES PLACED ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT MAY INTERFERE WITH THE ELECTRIC FIELD GENERATED BY THE PPS SYSTEM, CAUSING IT TO ENABLE (TURN ON) THE PASSENGER AIRBAG AND SAFETY BELT REMINDER. *PE
SB-09-09-41-0032009-11-04. Service bulletin. AIR BAGS. CHEVROLET/PONTIAC: THE SIR/AIRBAG LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED. UPON INVESTIGATION, THE TECHNICIAN MAY FIND DTC B0081 SET. *PE
TB-080941006B2009-08-03. Service bulletin. AIR BAGS. GENERAL MOTORS: THE SIR LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED. DTC B0081 PASSENGER PRESENCE SYSTEM (PPS) CODE STORED (INSPECT PPS SYSTEM CONNECTORS). *PE

The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.