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Service bulletin PI-0670

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 id10043628
Published by NHTSA2012-04-17
Manufacturer's numberPI-0670
Manufacturer's date2012-02-01
ReplacesPI-0670-A
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

NHTSA's summary

GMC/BUICK/CHEVROLET: TRANSMISSION SLIPS WHEN IN REVERSE OR NOT IN REVERSE, 3RD GEAR OR NO 3RD GEAR, FLARE SHIFTING TO 5TH OR NO 5TH GEAR. *PE UPDATED 4/17/12. *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

Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission

Vehicles listed
BUICK LACROSSE2012
BUICK REGAL2012
BUICK VERANO2012
CHEVROLET CAPTIVA SPORT2012
CHEVROLET CRUZE2012
CHEVROLET EQUINOX2012
CHEVROLET MALIBU2012
CHEVROLET ORLANDO2012
CHEVROLET SONIC2012
GMC TERRAIN2012

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
16V5020002016-07-05. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)
14V3150002014-06-12. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

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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