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Service bulletin PI-0805

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 id10047259
Published by NHTSA2012-11-19
Manufacturer's numberPI-0805
Manufacturer's date2012-09-01
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL)

NHTSA's summary

CHEVROLET: TRANSMISSION STICKS IN THIRD GEAR OR FLARE OR SLIP IN THIRD GEAR OR NO THIRD GEAR, DUE TO POSSIBLE RUBBING CONTACT OF CLUTCH HOUSING 3-5-R/4-5-6 AND REACTION CARRIER HUB. MODEL 2012 SONIC. *PE

The document

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Components

Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission

Vehicles listed
CHEVROLET SONIC2012

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
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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