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Service bulletin PIC-5169

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 id10030749
Published by NHTSA2009-11-25
Manufacturer's numberPIC-5169
Manufacturer's date2009-05-01
NHTSA componentLATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH; STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR

NHTSA's summary

PONTIAC/CHEVROLET/SATURN: THE REAR DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM EITHER THE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE HANDLE (DOOR UNLOCKED). IF THE OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLE ROD IS MIS ADJUSTED WHEN THE DOOR IS LOCKED THEN CLOSED, THE LOCKING MECHANISM INTERNAL TO THE LATCH MAY NOT BE ABLE TO RELEASE. *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, Latches and locks, Door latch

Vehicles listed
CHEVROLET MALIBU2008, 2009
PONTIAC G62005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
SATURN AURA2007, 2008, 2009

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
PI0011C2018-06-04. Service bulletin. This preliminary informational bulletin provides a revision for PI0011C to add the 2013-2014 model years and update Warranty Information.
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
PIC-5334A2011-06-06. Service bulletin. GM: I/P LIGHTS FLASHING, DOOR LOCKS CYCLING. THERE ARE MULTIPLE TROUBLE CODES. THERE IS A BATTERY CABLE PROBLEM. *RM
38122006-01-25. Service bulletin. DOOR LOCKS ACTUATORS CYCLE AND INTERIOR LIGHT TURNS ON AND OFF AT RANDOM. *TT