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Service bulletin SB-09-05-25-003

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 id10032458
Published by NHTSA2010-03-26
Manufacturer's numberSB-09-05-25-003
Manufacturer's date2009-09-01
NHTSA componentSERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE; SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC; SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER

NHTSA's summary

SATURN/GMC/ PONTIAC/ CHEVROLET: BRAKE PEDAL SPONGY, INCREASED PEDAL TRAVEL, INCREASED EFFORT TO STOP (INSPECT FOR LEAKS, REPLACE BRAKE PRESSURE MODULATOR VALVE (BPMV), AND BLEED BRAKE SYSTEM). MAY BE CAUSED BY AIR ACCUMULATING IN THE MASTER CYLINDER OR BY A MISSING FILTER IN THE BRAKE PRESSURE MODULATOR VALVE (BPMV). *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

Brakes, Anti-lock brakes, Brake master cylinder

Vehicles listed
CHEVROLET COBALT2009
CHEVROLET COLORADO2009
CHEVROLET EQUINOX2009
CHEVROLET HHR2009
GMC CANYON2009
PONTIAC G52009
PONTIAC SOLSTICE2009
PONTIAC TORRENT2009
SATURN SKY2009
SATURN VUE2009

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

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