# Service bulletin SB\-12289

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: 10050200
- Published by NHTSA: 2013\-01\-25
- Manufacturer's number: SB\-12289
- Manufacturer's date: 2012\-11\-01
- NHTSA component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES

## NHTSA's summary

CHEVROLET: AN INADEQUATE DESIGN CLEARANCE BETWEEN BATTERY CABLE B\+ AND STARTER SOLENOID, WHERE, IF CONTACT IS MADE, STARTER MOTOR CIRCUIT WILL ENERGIZED, BEGIN TO SPIN AND DRIVE PINION GEAR IS NOT POWERED AND NOT ENGAGE FLYWHEEL RING GEAR. MODEL 2013 SONIC.

## 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

Electrical system, 12\-volt battery

## Vehicles listed

- 2013 CHEVROLET SONIC

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [20\-NA\-132](/bulletins/10252774.md), 2024-04-05, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL; EQUIPMENT. This warranty administration bulletin provides policy information on the requirements for 12V battery testing and warranty replacements.
- [PIT5074H](/bulletins/10247061.md), 2023-12-11, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. J\-35616\-64B Terminal Test Probe / Replacement Terminal / Terminated Lead.
- [PIT5074G](/bulletins/10247060.md), 2023-12-11, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. Terminal Test Probe And Replacement Terminal.
- [1408117001a](/bulletins/10246506.md), 2023-12-11, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:BODY CONTROL MODULE/BCM; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES; UNKNOWN OR OTHER. Unable to Clear BCM DTCs After Completing Repair
- [030603004V](/bulletins/10159570.md), 2019-05-13, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. This warranty administration bulletin provides policy information on the requirements for battery testing and warranty replacements.
- [110849001Z](/bulletins/10158865.md), 2019-04-22, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY; EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL. This bulletin provides information on the Transport Mode On Message Being Displayed in the Driver Information Center \(DIC\) and/or Battery Light is Flashing and the procedures to turn the Transport Mode message ON and OFF.
- [110849001Y](/bulletins/10155072.md), 2019-03-25, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. This technical bulletin provides information on Transport Mode On Message Displayed in Driver Information Center \(DIC\) and/or Battery Light is Flashing and the procedures to turn the Transport Mode message On and Off.
- [03\-06\-03\-003D](/bulletins/10139415.md), 2018-06-04, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. This warranty administration bulletin provides policy information on ACDelco® replacement battery warranty procedures.
- [150603001D](/bulletins/10139282.md), 2018-06-04, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. This informational bulletin provides information to diagnose batteries that have set for a long period of time and/or cold weather climates and testing those batteries.
- [15\-06\-03\-001](/bulletins/10139200.md), 2018-06-04, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY; ENGINE. This informational bulletin provides information that may be useful in diagnosing/testing batteries that have set for a long period of time and/or set in cold weather climates to correct a customer concern of symptoms that include, but not limited to, a slow or no crank condition that may be caused by a discharged battery.

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