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Service bulletin PI-0812

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 id10047363
Published by NHTSA2012-11-27
Manufacturer's numberPI-0812
Manufacturer's date2012-09-01
NHTSA componentPARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL:MECHANICAL:LINKAGE AND CABLE

NHTSA's summary

CHEVROLET: DUE TO ADJUSTING NUT BEING OUT OF ALIGNMENT OR ADJUSTMENT, THE PARKING BRAKE LEVER/HANDLE MAY BE LOOSE BUT DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH THE PARK BRAKE ENGAGEMENT. MODEL 2012 SONIC. *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

Brakes, Parking brake

Vehicles listed
CHEVROLET SONIC2012

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

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