Recall - Air Bag Warning Label Non - Compliance: Overview
F/CMVSS Noncompliance - Air Bag Warning Label # 04021 - (05/27/2004)04021 -- Air Bag Warning Label
2003 Chevrolet S10 Pickup, S10 Crew Cab
2004 Chevrolet Blazer, S10 Crew Cab
2003 GMC Sonoma Pickup, Sonoma Crew Cab
2004 GMC Sonoma Crew Cab
Condition
General Motors has decided that certain 2003 model year Chevrolet S10 pickup and S10 Crew Cab, GMC Sonoma pickup and Sonoma Crew Cab, and 2004 model year Chevrolet Blazer and S10 Crew Cab, and GMC Sonoma Crew Cab vehicles fail to conform to Federal/Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208, Occupant Crash Protection. These vehicles have an incorrect air bag warning label installed on one of the sun visors.
Correction
Although only one label is incorrect, a label will be installed on both sun visors to eliminate the possibility of installing the label on the wrong sun visor and to keep the appearance consistent. Since these labels can easily be installed by the customer, and to reduce their inconvenience, corrected labels and application instructions will be mailed to customers of record. Dealers will receive labels for installation on the vehicles in inventory.
Vehicles Involved
Involved are certain 2003 model year Chevrolet S10 pickup and S10 Crew Cab, GMC Sonoma pickup and Sonoma Crew Cab, and 2004 model year Chevrolet Blazer and S10 Crew Cab, and GMC Sonoma Crew Cab built within the VIN breakpoints shown.
Important
Dealers should confirm vehicle eligibility through GMVIS (GM Vehicle Inquiry System) before beginning recall repairs. [Not all vehicles within the above breakpoints may be involved.]
For US
For dealers with involved vehicles, a Campaign Initiation Detail Report containing the complete Vehicle Identification Number, customer name and address data has been prepared and will be loaded to the GM DealerWorld, Recall Information website. Dealers that have no involved vehicles currently assigned will not have a report available in GM DealerWorld.
For Canada
For dealers with involved vehicles, a Campaign Initiation Detail Report containing the complete Vehicle Identification Number, customer name and address data has been prepared and is being furnished to involved dealers. Dealers that have no involved vehicles currently assigned will not receive a report with the recall bulletin.
The Campaign Initiation Detail Report may contain customer names and addresses obtained from Motor Vehicle Registration Records. The use of such motor vehicle registration data for any other purpose is a violation of law in several states/provinces/countries. Accordingly, you are urged to limit the use of this report to the follow-up necessary to complete this recall.
Parts Information
Air bag warning labels will be mailed to owners of record and involved dealers (for dealer stock vehicles) at no charge. Additional labels, if required, can be ordered through the DealerWorld website. DO NOT ORDER THESE LABELS THROUGH GMSPO.
Claim Information
Customer Notification
General Motors will notify customers of this recall on their vehicle (see copy of customer letter shown in this bulletin).
Dealer Recall Responsibility - For US
The US National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act provides that each vehicle that is subject to a recall of this type must be adequately repaired within a reasonable time after the customer has tendered it for repair. A failure to repair within sixty days after tender of a vehicle is prima facie evidence of failure to repair within a reasonable time. If the condition is not adequately repaired within a reasonable time, the customer may be entitled to an identical or reasonably equivalent vehicle at no charge or to a refund of the purchase price less a reasonable allowance for depreciation. To avoid having these burdensome remedies, every effort must be made to promptly schedule an appointment with each customer and to repair their vehicle as soon as possible. In the recall notification letters, customers are told how to contact the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration if the recall is not completed within a reasonable time.
This bulletin is notice to you that the new motor vehicles included in this recall may not comply with the standard identified above. Under Title 49, Section 30112 of the United States Code, it is illegal for a dealer to sell a new motor vehicle which the dealer knows does not comply with an applicable Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard. As a consequence if you sell any of these motor vehicles without first performing the recall correction, your dealership may he subject to a civil penalty for each such sale.
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