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Service bulletin PIE-0196

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 id10042384
Published by NHTSA2011-12-06
Manufacturer's numberPIE-0196
Manufacturer's date2011-10-01
NHTSA componentLATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH; STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR; STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS

NHTSA's summary

BUICK: CERTAIN VEHICLES EXPERIENCE INOPERATIVE DOOR HANDLE, INSIDE/OUTSIDE, AND INOPERATIVE DOOR LOCK, UNLOCKING OR LOCKING. *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
BUICK LACROSSE2010, 2011, 2012

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.
PI0737A2018-05-29. Service bulletin. This preliminary bulletin provides information on how to set the rear electric child locks.
PIC-56752012-06-18. Service bulletin. BUICK/CHEVROLET: VEHICLES BUILT WITH INCORRECT LINKAGE OR LINKAGES WHICH CAUSES AUTO DOOR LOCK/UNLOCK FEATURE TO BECOME INOPERATIVE AND/OR POWER LOCKS CYCLE. *PE
PIE-01102011-03-01. Service bulletin. CADILLAC/BUICK: ENGINEERING INFORMATION-DOOR LOCK (LATCH) REPLACEMENT. ENGINEERING ATTEMPTING TO DETERMINE THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE DOOR LOCK REPLACEMENT. *PE UPDATED ON 06/08/2011. *KB
PIT-49312010-03-26. Service bulletin. GMC/CHEVROLET/CADILLAC/BUICK: A DOOR MAY NOT OPEN, INTERMITTENTLY, W/THE OUTSIDE HANDLE AND/OR THE INSIDE HANDLE. MAY BE CAUSED IF THE LINKAGE ON THE DOOR LATCH IS NOT ALLOWED TO FULLY RETURN TO ITS RELAXED POSITION. *PE UPDATED ON 06/24/2011. *KB MODELS 2010-2013 LACROSSE, CAMARO, EQUINOX, TERRAIN. UPDATED 11/28/12. *PE