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Service bulletin PI-0189-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 id10044370
Published by NHTSA2012-06-16
Manufacturer's numberPI-0189-A
Manufacturer's date2012-05-01
NHTSA componentSUSPENSION:FRONT

NHTSA's summary

CHEVROLET/GMC: WHEN DRIVING OVER BUMPS OR IMPERFECTIONS IN ROAD, THE FRONT SUSPENSION WOULD MAKE RATTLING NOISE. *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

Suspension

Vehicles listed
CHEVROLET COLORADO2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
GMC CANYON2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
11V0070002011-01-06. SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:SPINDLE
20104542010-12-17. Suspension

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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