# Service bulletin 07282004

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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10013145
- Published by NHTSA: 2005\-04\-11
- Manufacturer's number: 07282004
- Manufacturer's date: 2004\-07\-28
- NHTSA component: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:LOCK

## NHTSA's summary

REAR LIFT GATE CLOSING EFFORT IS TOO HIGH. \*EH

## 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

## Vehicles listed

- 2004 to 2005 CHEVROLET MALIBU

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [PI\-0011A](/bulletins/10038344.md), 2011-06-15, Service bulletin: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH. 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
- [050863001](/bulletins/10015033.md), 2005-05-16, Service bulletin: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH. HOOD WILL NOT LATCH IN PRIMARY LATCH POSITION. \*TT
- [040866011](/bulletins/10011242.md), 2005-01-12, Service bulletin: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:LOCK. REAR LIFTGATE MAY RELATCH AFTER OPENING WITH POWER RELEASE. \*EH
- [040864011](/bulletins/10008478.md), 2004-08-02, Service bulletin: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH. DOOR HANDLE STICKS OUT, DOOR WILL NOT LATCH. \*MJ
- [082503](/bulletins/10003880.md), 2003-11-06, Service bulletin: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TRUNK LID:LOCK. VME MESSAGE CONCERNS REMOTE KEYLESS ENTRY DECK LID RELEASE FUNCTION. \*TT

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