Campaign - Child Restraint Owners Manual Update: Overview
Child Restraint Anchorage System Owner Manual Update# 05047 - (May 16, 2005)
Models:
2005 CADILLAC ESCALADE
2005 CHEVROLET TAHOE
2005 GMC YUKON DENALI
EQUIPPED WITH SECOND ROW BUCKET SEATS (AL4) AND THIRD ROW SEATS (AS3)
Condition
Certain 2005 Cadillac Escalade, Chevrolet Tahoe, and GMC Yukon Denali vehicles equipped with second row bucket seats (AL4) and third row seats (A53) have a third row center seat equipped with a child restraint top strap anchor that is not described in the owner manual.
Correction
A supplement to the owner manual will be sent to owners of record. Dealers are to place a supplement in the owner manual of vehicles in their inventory.
Vehicles Involved
Involved are certain 2005 Cadillac Escalade, Chevrolet Tahoe, and GMC Yukon Denali vehicles equipped with second row bucket seats (AL4) and third row seats (AS3), and built within the VIN breakpoints shown.
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 (US) Recall Information, GMinfoNet (Canada) Recall Reports. Dealers will not have a report available if they have no involved vehicles currently assigned.
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 purpose other than follow-up necessary to complete this program 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 program.
Parts Information
No parts are required for this recall.
Service Procedure
Make a copy of the supplement shown and place it in the owner's manual.
Claim Information
Submit a Product Recall Claim with the information shown.
Customer Notification
General Motors will notify customers of this program on their vehicle (see copy of customer letter shown in this bulletin).
Dealer Program Responsibility
All unsold new vehicles in dealers' possession and subject to this program MUST be held and inspected/repaired per the service procedure of this program bulletin BEFORE customers take possession of these vehicles.
Dealers are to service all vehicles subject to this program at no charge to customers, regardless of mileage, age of vehicle, or ownership, through January 31, 2006.
Customers who have recently purchased vehicles sold from your vehicle inventory, and for which there is no customer information indicated on the dealer listing, are to be contacted by the dealer. Arrangements are to be made to make the required correction according to the instructions contained in this bulletin. This could be done by mailing to such customers a copy of the customer letter shown in this bulletin. Program follow-up cards should not be used for this purpose, since the customer may not as yet have received the notification letter.
In summary, whenever a vehicle subject to this program enters your vehicle inventory, or is in your dealership for service prior to January 31, 2006, you must take the steps necessary to be sure the program correction has been made before selling or releasing the vehicle.
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