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Service bulletin SB-13282

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 id10053871
Published by NHTSA2013-11-29
Manufacturer's numberSB-13282
Manufacturer's date2013-09-01
ReplacesSB-13282-A
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

NHTSA's summary

CHEVROLET/BUICK: REGARDING IMPROPERLY MANUFACTURED SNAP RING, FOR TRANSMISSION, WHERE BURR, ON SNAP RING, CAUSES IT TO STICK TO ALUMINUM HOUSING, SNAP RING TO COMPRESS AND COME OUT OF RETAINING GROOVE, ON SOME VEHICLES. MODEL 2013 REGAL, LACROSSE, MALIBU. *PE UPDATED 12/2/13. *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

Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission

Vehicles listed
BUICK LACROSSE2013
BUICK REGAL2013
CHEVROLET MALIBU2013

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
16V5020002016-07-05. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)
15V2450002015-04-24. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL)
13V0970002013-03-15. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM); 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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