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Chevrolet C/K Pickups 2001technical service bulletin

Bulletin 01043 · NHTSA communication 623491 · issued Jun 27, 2001

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Seat Belts
component
2001
model years
4
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some vehicles have an internal component in the 2nd and 3rd row outboard seat belt retractor that may be cracked, with repeated actuation of the locking mechanism, the crack could propagate to the point where the seat belt would no longer lock. *slc

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.