{"nhtsa_id":10002549,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2003-09-05","date":"2003-02-13","document_id":"021303","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY","mfr_system":null,"summary":"DURING A 30 DEGREE LEFT ANGLE FRONTAL IMPACT OF SUFFICIENT SEVERITY, A TEAR COULD DEVELOP IN THE MID FRAME CROSS MEMBER AT ITS ATTACHMENT TO THE LEFT FRAME RAIL. IF THE MID FRAME CROSS MEMBER TEARS DURING FRONTAL IMPACT AND PRODUCES A SHARP EDGE, CONTACT OF THE SHARP EDGE WITH THE FUEL TANK MAY RESULT IN A PUNCTURE OF THE FUEL TANK AND POSSIBLE FUEL LEAKAGE. DEALERS ARE TO INSTALL A FUEL TANK SHIELD. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10002549","components":[{"id":"fuel-system","name":"Fuel system","parent":null},{"id":"fuel-tank","name":"Fuel tank","parent":"fuel-system"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"CHEVROLET","model":"AVALANCHE","year_from":2003,"year_to":2003,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2003_chevrolet_avalanche"]},{"make":"CHEVROLET","model":"SUBURBAN","year_from":2003,"year_to":2003,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2003_chevrolet_suburban"]},{"make":"GMC","model":"YUKON XL","year_from":2003,"year_to":2003,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2003_gmc_yukon-xl"]}],"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":[]}