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Service bulletin PIP-4495C

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 id10038510
Published by NHTSA2011-06-16
Manufacturer's numberPIP-4495C
Manufacturer's date2011-03-01
NHTSA componentENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

NHTSA's summary

GM: THERE MAY BE NOISE COMING FROM THE CYLINDER HEAD, BECAUSE OF LOW OIL PRESSURE WHICH IS CAUSED BY DEBRIS. *RM

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

Vehicles listed
BUICK LACROSSE2010, 2011
BUICK REGAL2011
CHEVROLET CAVALIER2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
CHEVROLET COBALT2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
CHEVROLET COBALT SS2008, 2009 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET EQUINOX2010, 2011
CHEVROLET HHR2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
CHEVROLET MALIBU2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
CHEVROLET MALIBU CLASSIC2004, 2005
GMC TERRAIN2010, 2011
OLDSMOBILE ALERO2002, 2003, 2004
PONTIAC G52007, 2008, 2009, 2010
PONTIAC G62006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
PONTIAC GRAND AM2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
PONTIAC PURSUIT2005, 2006
PONTIAC SOLSTICE2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
PONTIAC SUNFIRE2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
SATURN AURA2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
SATURN AURA HYBRID2008, 2009 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
SATURN ION2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
SATURN L2002003
SATURN L3002004, 2005
SATURN LS2001, 2002
SATURN SKY2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
SATURN VUE2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
SATURN VUE HYBRID2008 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20073622007-11-09. Engine
07V5190002007-11-07. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

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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