# Service bulletin PIT\-5142

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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10043644
- Published by NHTSA: 2012\-04\-17
- Manufacturer's number: PIT\-5142
- Manufacturer's date: 2012\-02\-01
- NHTSA component: VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:LINKAGES; VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR

## NHTSA's summary

BUICK/CHEVROLET/GMC: WHEN WIPERS ARE IN USE, WIPERS FAIL TO RETURN TO PARK POSITION OR THE WIPER ARM, ON PIVOT SHAFT, IS SLIPPING AND MAY BE OUT OF POSITION. \*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

Glass, wipers and mirrors, Wipers and washers

## Vehicles listed

- 2011 to 2012 BUICK ENCLAVE
- 2011 to 2012 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE
- 2011 to 2012 GMC ACADIA

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [12V151000](/recalls/nhtsa/12V151000.md), 2012-04-09: VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:LINKAGES

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [21\-NA\-043](/bulletins/11014230.md), 2025-02-12, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY/WIPER; SERVICE BRAKES; ENGINE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; WHEELS. This bulletin advises the dealers to maintain the vehicle stock on hand by doing a full inspection on the vehicles before being sold \(prepping\) to the customer.
- [PI0754G](/bulletins/11006511.md), 2024-08-17, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY/WIPER. This PI provides information on Rear and Side Tempered Glass Spots \(Quench Marks\) and that they are a normal characteristic.
- [06\-08\-43\-003E](/bulletins/10114309.md), 2017-08-15, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER. This informational bulletin explains how to care for wiper blades.
- [SB\-12072\-A](/bulletins/10045040.md), 2012-08-14, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR. CHEVROLET/GMC/BUICK: SEE DOCUMENT SEARCH BUTTON FOR OWNER LETTER. WIPER ARM NUT MAY LOOSEN AND CAUSE WIPER ARM TO BECOME INOPERATIVE IF BUILD UP OF SNOW OR ICE IS ON WINDSHIELD. \*PE

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