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Service bulletin PI-1219

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 id10055845
Published by NHTSA2014-07-29
Manufacturer's numberPI-1219
Manufacturer's date2014-04-01
NHTSA componentENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:TURBO/SUPERCHARGER; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:OTHER FUEL TYPES:TURBO/SUPERCHARGER

NHTSA's summary

CADILLAC/BUICK/CHEVROLET: UPON INSPECTION OF VEHICLE, CRACKS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED IN TURBOCHARGER INLET PORT CENTER WEB AREA AND NEED NOT BE REPLACE. MODEL 2013-2015 REGAL, ATS, CTS, MALIBU. *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

Engine, Turbocharger or supercharger

Vehicles listed
BUICK REGAL2014
CADILLAC ATS2013, 2014
CADILLAC CTS2013, 2014
CHEVROLET MALIBU2013, 2014

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

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