Chevrolet Impala 2001 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 00142 · NHTSA communication 616386 · issued Oct 20, 2000
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Air Bags
component
2001
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
On some vehicles, the airbag sensing and diagnostic modules (sdm) could experience a memory error resulting in the airbags not deploying in a crash situation. *tt
Vehicles covered
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.