Service VME - Spare Tire Lock Now Optional

When servicing the vehicle with the VIN you entered, the following diagnosis might be helpful if the vehicle exhibits the described symptoms.

On full size pickups, the spare tire lock was made optional equipment for the 2003 model year ( RPO SAF ). In this regard, Pontiac Assembly ( E) and Fort Wayne ( Z ) were able to implement this change during the week of 7/15/02. Vehicles built at Flint ( F ) and Oshawa (1) will have RPO SAF forced on all orders until these plants can implement the change which is targeted for September 3, 2002.

Please follow this diagnosis process thoroughly and complete each step. If the condition exhibited is resolved without completing every step, the remaining steps do not need to be performed. If these steps do not resolve the condition, please contact GM TAC for further diagnostic assistance. This diagnostic approach was developed for the vehicle with the VIN you entered and should not be automatically be used for other vehicles with similar symptoms.