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Service bulletin PIP-4820

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 id10036444
Published by NHTSA2011-03-15
Manufacturer's numberPIP-4820
Manufacturer's date2010-08-01
NHTSA componentENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:TURBO/SUPERCHARGER; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:OTHER FUEL TYPES:TURBO/SUPERCHARGER

NHTSA's summary

CHEVROLET/PONTIAC/SATURN/DAEWOOD/OPEL: LOW TURBOCHARGER BOOST PRESSURE OR POSSIBLE DTC P0299. TECHNICIANS MAY FIND DTC P0299 PRESENT. MAY ALSO FIND THE TURBO WASTEGATE ACTUATOR ROD NUT MISSING. MOST PARTS OF THE TURBOCHARGER ARE NOT SERVICEABLE. *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

Engine, Turbocharger or supercharger

Trouble codes named

P0299

Vehicles listed
CHEVROLET COBALT2008, 2009, 2010
CHEVROLET HHR2008, 2009, 2010
DAEWOO G2X2008
DAEWOO G2X2009
OPEL GT2008 to 2009
PONTIAC SOLSTICE2008, 2009, 2010
SATURN SKY2008, 2009, 2010

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

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