Chevrolet Express, Silverado; GMC Savana and others: Anchorage

Date

May 11, 2004

Filed by

General Motors Corp.

Vehicles

Chevrolet Express (2003); Chevrolet Silverado (2003, 2004); GMC Savana (2003); GMC Sierra (2003, 2004)

Manufacturer of the vehicles

General Motors, LLC

Component

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage

Description of the defect

Certain extended And regular cab pickup Trucks And Cargo Vans converted to compressed natural Gas (CNG) fail to conform to The requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard no. 225, 'child restraint anchorage Systems.' these Vehicles have One Seating position, The Center rear Seat, equipped with child restraint lower anchorages.

Potentially affected

736

What can happen

The Standard requires child Seat lower anchorages in two Seating positions for Vehicles with Three rear Seating positions. The Standard cab And Cargo Van Vehicles, which only have front Seating positions, have an Air bag Off switch to disable The front passenger Air bag And do not have child restraint lower anchorages in The passenger Seat. The Standard requires passenger Seat child Seat lower anchorages in Vehicles with an Air bag Off switch. However, The Standard does not require Vehicles with only front Seating positions to have lower anchorage provisions if The Vehicle is not equipped with an Air bag Off switch.

Remedy

To bring The Standard cab And Cargo Van Vehicles into compliance, dealers will inject epoxy into The Air bag Off switch to prevent Air bag Activation, relocate The switch behind The instrument panel And then install a cover Over The resulting opening. The Sun visor label And owner's manual will also be changed. The correction for The extended cab Vehicle will consist of changing The front passenger Seat to a Seat that has child restraint lower anchorages. The recall began on September 9, 2004. Owners should contact Chevrolet at 1-800-630-2438 or GMC at 1-866-996-9463.

Recall notes

GM recall no. 04038.CUSTOMERS Can also contact The National Highway traffic Safety administration's Auto Safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).

Owner notification date

Sept. 9, 2004

Manufacturer campaign number

04038

Recall type

V (vehicle)

FMVSS

225

Influenced by

MFR

Recall number

04V225000

What should I do? Car recall: how to check your car and get it fixed

Source: NHTSA · Vehicle record. View the agency notice. The agency notice governs; check it and the company before acting.