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Service bulletin 04072004

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 id10009202
Published by NHTSA2004-09-17
Manufacturer's number04072004
Manufacturer's date2004-04-07
NHTSA componentSTEERING:COLUMN

NHTSA's summary

RATTLE OR CLUNK STEERING COLUMN NOISE COMING FROM THE LEFT LOWER INSTRUMENT PANEL, OR FOOT WELL AREA. *TT

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

Steering, Steering column and wheel

Vehicles listed
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
SB-09-02-35-0062010-03-01. Service bulletin. CHEVROLET/PONTIAC/SATURN: STEERING COLUMN TILT WHEEL RELEASE LEVER INOPERATIVE/BROKEN (REPLACE TILT WHEEL RELEASE LEVER KIT AND/OR RELEASE LEVER RETAINER (TILT TEETH)). *PE
0502350012005-05-13. Service bulletin. STEERING COLUMN TILT/TELESCOPE WHEEL LEVER AVAILABLE FOR SERVICE USE. *TT
0402350092004-08-03. Service bulletin. NOISY STEERING COLUMN, LACK OF POWER STEERING ASSIST, DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES C0460 AND C0545, STEERING WHEEL MOVES SLIGHTLY BY ITSELF. *MJ (REPLACE STEERING COLUMN) UPDATED 01/18/08. *NJ