{"nhtsa_id":10002538,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2003-09-05","date":"2003-02-10","document_id":"021003","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME VEHICLES WERE BUILT WITH FOUR WELDS ON THE REAR DOOR UPPER HINGE. AS A RESULT, THE DOOR STRENGTH MAY BE DEGRADED DURING A SIDE IMPACT VEHICLE CRASH. DEALERS ARE TO INSPECT THE WELDS ONTHE LEFT REAR DOOR UPPER HINGE. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10002538","components":[{"id":"structure-body","name":"Body and frame","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"CADILLAC","model":"ESCALADE","year_from":2003,"year_to":2003,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2003_cadillac_escalade"]},{"make":"CHEVROLET","model":"SUBURBAN","year_from":2003,"year_to":2003,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2003_chevrolet_suburban"]},{"make":"CHEVROLET","model":"TAHOE","year_from":2003,"year_to":2003,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2003_chevrolet_tahoe"]},{"make":"GMC","model":"YUKON","year_from":2003,"year_to":2003,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2003_gmc_yukon"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"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.","attribution":[]}