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Service bulletin PI-0172-C

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 id10043471
Published by NHTSA2012-04-04
Manufacturer's numberPI-0172-C
Manufacturer's date2013-10-01
ReplacesPI-0172-D
NHTSA componentSTEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR

NHTSA's summary

BUICK: WHEN STEERING WHEEL IS EITHER TURNED TO LEFT OR RIGHT, THERE IS A SQUAWK OR MOANING OR A GRINDING OF METAL TYPE OF NOISE. *PE UPDATED 11/25/2013 *JS

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

Steering, Steering column and wheel

Vehicles listed
BUICK LACROSSE2010, 2011

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
PI0659C2018-05-29. Service bulletin. This preliminary bulletin provides a procedure to repair or replace the steering column seal to correct the customers concern of a groan, squeak or rubbing noise when turning the steering wheel.