- 1970s–1981 Confirmed
Canada
Z49 Factory-verified
Also described as Canadian equipment (mandatory)Mandatory Canadian Base Equipment ModificationsCanadian Base Equipment PackageCanadian base equipmentBase equipment, Canadian mandatoryExport, Canadian modified, mandatory base equipmentCanadian mandatory base equipmentCanadaExport, Canadian modified mandatory base equipmentCountry, CanadaModifications, Canadian, mandatory base equipmentExport, Canadian modifications, mandatory base equipmentExport Canadian modification, base equipmentEnglish/French SIR warning labelExport, Canadian, modification, mandatory base equipmentBase equipment, Canadian modified export, mandatoryCanadian modification, mandatory base equipmentExport, Canadian, modified, mandatory base equipmentExport Canadian modification, mandatory base equipmentExport Canadian modifications, mandatory base equipment
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Documented applications
- 1972 Confirmed
footnote-flagged in source (Canada/export, build-sheet/tag-only, documentation-only, or package base engine not reported as an option — see chevellestuff legend)
- 1972 Confirmed
Price n/a; 1,059 built (count from CAC; VetteFacts lists code without count)
- 1963–70s (varies) Confirmed
- 1975–1978 Confirmed
- GM Heritage factory kit — 2003 Chevrolet Avalanche, p.38.GM Heritage factory kit — 2005 Chevrolet Avalanche, p.37.
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- 1998, 2003–2004 Factory-verifiedGM Heritage factory kit — 2003 Chevrolet Cavalier, p.20.GM Heritage factory kit — 2004 Chevrolet Cavalier, p.22.
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; the 2018 manual ties the Canadian safety mark on the certification label to Z49
- GM Heritage factory kit — 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt, p.31.
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; shown only in the shared Colorado/Canyon upfitter lists; 2021 from the upfitter list GM files for 2021 and 2022
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The 2005 list prints "Modifications, Canadian, Mandatory Base Equipment".
GM Heritage factory kit — 2006 Chevrolet Corvette, p.27.
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; the 2023 Upfitter list reads Country - Canada
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the 2009 list prints "Country - Canada".
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The 2001-2005 lists read "English/French SIR Warning Label" (second row); the Regal, Century and Intrigue docs split Z49 the same way.
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The 2000 list reads "Export, Canadian Modification Mandatory Base Equipment" (first row).
GM Heritage factory kit — 2001 Chevrolet Impala, p.35.GM Heritage factory kit — 2004 Chevrolet Impala, p.31.
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The shared table of the 2006 and 2007 lists reads Z49 as an English/French SIR warning label (another reading, not claimed here).
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the code is printed only in the "Restrictions, Requirements" column ("1WA00 & Z49") of the T61 daytime running lamps entry; the meaning comes from GM's other lists: Z49 is printed in 767 lists in the corpus, most reading it as the Canadian modification mandatory base equipment, while 31 read it as an English/French SIR warning label; the rparts list reads it as mandatory Canadian base equipment modifications
GM Heritage factory kit — 1994 Chevrolet Lumina, p.43.
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the 1998 list prints "Canadian Regulatory Required Equipment".
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shared Epsilon code (Pontiac G6, Saturn Aura).
GM Heritage factory kit — 2004 Chevrolet Malibu, p.38.GM Heritage factory kit — 2005 Chevrolet Malibu, p.23.
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Another reading in GM's later lists (English/French SIR warning label); this list reads Canadian modification.
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The 2001-2005 lists read only the SIR warning label; the 2006 and 2007 lists print this wording as a second Z49 entry beside the label (see the second row).
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The 2000 list reads "Export, Canadian Modification Mandatory Base Equipment" (first row), as do the second entries in the 2006 and 2007 lists.
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The 2003–2004 lists read export Canadian modified, mandatory base equipment.
- GM Heritage factory kit — 2000 Chevrolet Truck and Silverado, p.60.GM Heritage factory kit — 2007 Chevrolet Silverado, p.62.
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2004 list only; the Envoy doc files Z49 in Equipment, pilot convention files it internal
- GM Heritage factory kit — 2003 Chevrolet Tahoe, p.34.
- GM Heritage factory kit — 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe, p.31.
- GM Heritage factory kit — 2003 Chevrolet Trailblazer, p.36.
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the 1998–1999 lists include C49, K05, U19 and VK3
This page aggregates every documented appearance of Z49 in the Chevrolet reference. Confidence and citations are shown per application — the same code can be better documented in one year than another.