{"nhtsa_id":618269,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2001-04-10","date":"2001-02-02","document_id":"020201","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM","mfr_system":null,"summary":"THIS MESSAGE CONCERNS 1996 THROUGH 2000 M & L VANS, CHEVROLET ASTRO AND GMC SAFARI THAT MAY EXHIBIT A LACK OF HEAT AT THE DRIVER'S SEAT. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/618269","components":[{"id":"visibility","name":"Glass, wipers and mirrors","parent":null},{"id":"hvac","name":"Heating and air conditioning","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"CHEVROLET","model":"ASTRO","year_from":1996,"year_to":2000,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"CHEVROLET","model":"L VAN","year_from":1996,"year_to":2000,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"CHEVROLET","model":"M VAN","year_from":1996,"year_to":2000,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"GMC","model":"L VAN","year_from":1996,"year_to":2000,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"GMC","model":"M VAN","year_from":1996,"year_to":2000,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"GMC","model":"SAFARI","year_from":1996,"year_to":2000,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1996_gmc_safari","1997_gmc_safari","1998_gmc_safari","1999_gmc_safari","2000_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":[]}