Airbags and seat beltsModel years 2000–2000Government
Air bag sensing diagnostic module (SDM) anomaly - recall 02V-178
Certain pickup and utility trucks; the NHTSA record held lists GMC Yukon and Yukon XL 2000. The recall text itself does not state model years.
FaultCrate・Air bag sensing diagnostic module (SDM) anomaly - recall 02V-178
Some vehicles have an SDM with an anomaly that could keep the driver and passenger air bags from deploying in certain frontal crashes.
How to tell
What to do
- Dealers recalibrate the SDM.
If left
- In a crash, front seat occupants may receive more severe injuries.→ more severe injuries to front seat occupants in a crash
In the records
- Sensing Diagnostic Module: reprogrammed 1
See the evidence (1 documents, 3 passages)
| Document | Publisher | Date |
|---|---|---|
| [1]Recall 02V-178: Air bag SDM anomaly ↗ | GovernmentNHTSA (recall summary text as published by NHTSA) | — |
Why it happensSome vehicles have an SDM with an anomaly that could keep the driver and passenger air bags from deploying in certain frontal crashes.
SOME OF THESE VEHICLES HAVE AN AIR BAG SENSING DIAGNOSTIC MODULE (SDM) WHICH CONTAINS AN ANOMALY THAT COULD RESULT IN THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAG FAILING TO DEPLOY DURING CERTAIN FRONTAL CRASHES.— [1]
If leftIn a crash, front seat occupants may receive more severe injuries.
IN A VEHICLE CRASH, FRONT SEAT OCCUPANTS MAY RECEIVE MORE SEVERE INJURIES.— [1]
RepairDealers recalibrate the SDM.
DEALERS WILL RECALIBRATE THE SDM ON THE AFFECTED VEHICLES.— [1]
Put together by FaultCrate from public records and technical documents. The cause and the repair are for the workshop to decide with the vehicle in front of it. Counts are records, not failure rates.
List the records (2 that can be opened)
Records whose recall number, document number or text matches. Each line says why it matched.
- Air Bag Sensing Diagnostic Module Recalibration RecallRecall 2002-06-28・text contains "sensing diagnostic module"
- Air Bag SDM RecallRecall 2002-01-07・recall number matches