{"nhtsa_id":52092,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"1997-07-17","date":"1997-01-01","document_id":"97001","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD","mfr_system":null,"summary":"RECALL 97V-008 - GENERAL MOTORS HAS DECIDED THAT CERTAIN 1996 S/T MODEL PICKUP TRUCKS FAIL TO CONFORM TO FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD (FMVSS) 212, WINDSHIELD MOUNTING - THESE VEHICLES EXHIBIT A CONDITION WHERE THE TOPCOAT PAINT SEVERLY PEELS DUE TO OVERBAKING OF THE POWDER PRIMER PRIOR TO THE TOPCOAT APPLICATION - SINCE THE WINDSHIELD PRIMER AND ADHESIVE ADHERE TO THE TOPCOAT PAINT ON THE WINDSHIELD OPENING FLANGE, THE WINDSHIELD MAY NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS 212, IN A VEHICLE CRASH - RECALL 97V-008. *TW","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/52092","components":[{"id":"visibility","name":"Glass, wipers and mirrors","parent":null},{"id":"windshield","name":"Windshield","parent":"visibility"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"CHEVROLET","model":"BLAZER","year_from":1996,"year_to":1996,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1996_chevrolet_blazer"]},{"make":"GMC","model":"JIMMY","year_from":1996,"year_to":1996,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]}],"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":[]}