Service bulletin PIT-4685

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)
Type	Service bulletin
NHTSA id	10026102
Published by NHTSA	2008-09-30
Manufacturer's number	PIT-4685
Manufacturer's date	2008-08-01
NHTSA component	STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:SUPPORT DEVICE/STRUT; STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS; STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE

NHTSA's summary

GMC: THE POWER LIFTGATE STRUT ROD IS DISCONNECTED AT THE MOTOR ACTUATOR ARM BALL STUD. *PE

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

Body and frame

Vehicles listed
BUICK ENCLAVE	2008
GMC ACADIA	2008
SATURN OUTLOOK	2008

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
15V415000	2015-06-30. STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE
2015280	2015-06-25. Structure

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

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