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Service bulletin PIP-4865-A

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 id10043313
Published by NHTSA2012-03-12
Manufacturer's numberPIP-4865-A
Manufacturer's date2011-12-01
NHTSA componentENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR

NHTSA's summary

CHEVROLET: DURING COLD TEMPERATURE, INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE (ICE), RUNS WHEN VEHICLE IS PLUGGED TO CHARGER OR CYCLES ON AND OFF IF RUNNING FOR EXTENDED TIME. *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

Electrical system, Engine, Alternator

Vehicles listed
CHEVROLET VOLT2011, 2012

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

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