Vehicle report
Technical service bulletins are instructions a manufacturer sent its dealers about a known fault. They are not recalls and the work is usually not free, but they are the clearest signal of a problem the manufacturer already knows about.
SB-08-09-41-002C
GENERAL MOTORS: DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION FOR INTERMITTENT RESTRAINTS, AIR BAG (SIR) INDICATOR/LAMP ON WITH DTC(S) B0012, B0013, B0016, B0016, B0019, B0020, B0022, B0023, B0026, B0033, B0040, B0042 OR B0044 SET. THIS MAY BE CAUSED BY A LOOSE, MISSING, OR BROKEN CONNECTOR POSITION ASSURANCE (CPA) RETAINER AT THE AIR BAG FOR THE SET DTC. INCLUDES TRAILBLAZER EXT. *PE UPDATED 8/16/10. *PE UPDATED 3/12/12. *PE
PIC-3980B
OPEL/PONTIAC/DAEWOO/SATURN: THERE IS A LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER ON VEHICLE AND THE REAR HATCH COMPARTMENT WILL NOT OPEN. *PE
PIP-4820
CHEVROLET/PONTIAC/SATURN/DAEWOOD/OPEL: LOW TURBOCHARGER BOOST PRESSURE OR POSSIBLE DTC P0299. TECHNICIANS MAY FIND DTC P0299 PRESENT. MAY ALSO FIND THE TURBO WASTEGATE ACTUATOR ROD NUT MISSING. MOST PARTS OF THE TURBOCHARGER ARE NOT SERVICEABLE. *PE
PI-0128A
CHEVROLET/PONTIAC/SATURN/DAEWOO/OPEL: ENGINE MISFIRE/LOW COMPRESSION. TECHNICIAN SHOULD PERFORM A COMPRESSION TEST. RESULTS MAY LEAD TO CYLINDER WITH LOW COMPRESSION (85-90PSI). THIS MAY CAUSE THE MISFIRE. *PE
SB-09-06-93-002
DAEWOO/OPEL/SATURN/PONTIAC/CHEVROLET: TURBOCHARGER HOUSING INLET FLANGE CRACKS IN PARTITION WALL. *PE
SB-09-09-41-004
DAEWOO/SATURN/OPEL/PONTIAC/CHEVROLET: INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER (IPC) AIR BAG INDICATOR ILLUMINATED (INSTALL PROTECTIVE MATERIAL). UPON PERFORMING A DTC CHECK, THE TECHNICIAN MAY FIND A B0012-02, B0012-OE OR B0013-OE CODE STORED IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL INFLATABLE RESTRAINTS (SIR) SYSTEM. THIS CONDITION MAY BE CAUSED BY A SHORT TO GROUND IN THE YELLOW SIR WIRING HARNESS. *PE UPDATED 6/16/15. *PE
SB-08-06-04-035A
GENERAL MOTORS: AN INTERMITTENT MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL)/SERVICE ENGINE SOON (SES) LIGHT ILLUMINATED WITH NO ENGINE PERFORMANCE CONCERNS. UPON INSPECTION, ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES (DTCS) WILL BE STORED IN THE ECM-DTC P0335 CRANKSHAFT POSITION (CKP) SENSOR CIRCUIT; DTC P2610 CONTROL MODULE IGNITION OFF TIMER PERFORMANCE. *PE
060941004
PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG DOOR DOES NOT FLUSH WITH DASH PAD/WARPED. (REPOSITION LOCKING TABS ON AIRBAG PANEL). *KB UPDATED 10/5/07. *NJ UPDATED 9/12/08. *PE
07-05-25-007A
GM: PEDAL NOISE/BUZZ, EXTRA EFFORT NEEDED TO DEPRESS BRAKE PEDAL AFTER VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DRIVEN FOR EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME (REPROGRAM EBCM AND ECM). *PE UPDADTED 9/15/08. *PE
Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.