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Service bulletin 040864011

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10008478
Published by NHTSA2004-08-02
Manufacturer's number040864011
Manufacturer's date2004-06-01
NHTSA componentLATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH

NHTSA's summary

DOOR HANDLE STICKS OUT, DOOR WILL NOT LATCH. *MJ

The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

Components

Latches and locks, Door latch

Vehicles listed
CHEVROLET EQUINOX2005
CHEVROLET MALIBU2004
CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX2004 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
PI-0011A2011-06-15. Service bulletin. GM: THE FRONT OR REAR DOOR MAY NOT OPEN FROM THE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE HANDLE, THE DOOR WILL NOT UNLOCK WITH ANY METHOD. THE PROBABLY CAUSE AN INCORRECT INSTALLATION OF A HANDLE COMPONENT. *RM UPDATED ON 7/26/2013. ALL 2014 AND PRIOR GM PASSENGER CARS AND TRUCKS. *KB
34942005-05-12. Service bulletin. POWER DOOR LOCKS ARE INOPERATIVE AND THE DR LCK FUSE IS OPEN. *EH