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Chevrolet Impala 2001technical service bulletin

Bulletin 00073 · NHTSA communication 617633 · issued Oct 19, 2000

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Air Bags
component
2001
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

General motors has decided that a defect which relates to motor vehicle safety exists in certain vehicles. The airbag sensing and diagnostic modules (sdm) in some of these vehicles could experience a memory error resulting in the airbags not deploying in a crash situation. *tt

What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.