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Service bulletin PIP-4750-D

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 id10043579
Published by NHTSA2012-04-11
Manufacturer's numberPIP-4750-D
Manufacturer's date2012-01-01
NHTSA componentENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CRANKCASE (PCV); ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS

NHTSA's summary

CHEVROLET/PONTIAC: WHILE ENGINE IS RUNNING, THE BELT SQUEAKS AND CRANKSHAFT BALANCER APPEARS WOBBLY OR OUT OF BALANCE. *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, Exhaust and emissions, Crankcase ventilation (PCV), Drive belts

Vehicles listed
CHEVROLET CAMARO2010, 2011, 2012
CHEVROLET CAPRICE2011 to 2012
CHEVROLET CORVETTE2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
PONTIAC G82008, 2009

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

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12-06-01-009B2018-04-23. Service bulletin. This informational bulletin provides information for installing a camshaft timing chain kit on the high feature V6.
PIP-4492P2011-03-16. Service bulletin. BUICK/CADILLAC/CHEVROLET/GMC/HUMMER/PONTIAC/SAAB: OIL CONSUMPTION AND/OR EXHAUST SMOKE-POSSIBLE PCV BAFFLE OR LIFTER CONCERN. UPON INSPECTION, OBVIOUS OIL WILL BE FOUND IN THE INTAKE MANIFOLD AND/OR PCV VACUUM TUBE. *PE UPDATED 3/21/11. *PE UPDATED 5/9/11. *PE UPDATED 5/25/11. *PE UPDATED 06/16/2011. *KB UPDATED A SECOND TIME ON 06/16/2011. *KB UPDATED 6/27/11. *PE