{"nhtsa_id":10009197,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2004-09-17","date":"2004-04-01","document_id":"04012004","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT","mfr_system":null,"summary":"AN INTERFERENCE CONDITION BETWEEN THE LOWER BALL JOINT RUBBER BOOTS AND THE STEERING KNUCKLES THAT MAY CUT THE BOOTS THAT ARE INTENDED TO SEAL THE BALL JOINTS. DEALERS ARE TO MODIFY THE STEERING KNUCKLES AND REPLACE THE LOWER BALL JOINT. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10009197","components":[{"id":"suspension","name":"Suspension","parent":null},{"id":"ball-joint","name":"Ball joint","parent":"suspension"},{"id":"control-arm","name":"Control arm","parent":"suspension"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"CHEVROLET","model":"ASTRO","year_from":2003,"year_to":2003,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"GMC","model":"SAFARI","year_from":2003,"year_to":2003,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2003_gmc_safari"]}],"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":[]}