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Service bulletin 14501

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 id10057964
Published by NHTSA2015-07-17
Manufacturer's number14501
Manufacturer's date2015-03-01
NHTSA componentPARKING BRAKE

NHTSA's summary

GENERAL MOTORS 2013-2014 BUICK ENCORE: CERTAIN VEHICLES THE EQUALIZER MAY NOT BE PROPERLY SEATED TO THE CABLE-END FITTING, WHICH NECESSITATES A READJUSTMENT OF TYHE PARK BRAKE ASSEMBLY. *LJ

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
BUICK ENCORE2013, 2014

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

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
PI1410B2018-05-21. Service bulletin. This preliminary informational bulletin provides information regarding the normal characteristic of instrument panel red brake light intermittently comes on.
99-04-20-002I2017-08-15. Service bulletin. This informational bulletin explains a normal condition for what and how the drive line can clunk.
145012017-02-01. Service bulletin. 14501 - SERVICE UPDATE. THIS BULLETIN PROVIDES A SERVICE PROCEDURE TO VISUALLY INSPECT THE INTERFACE OF THE PARK BRAKE CABLE-TO-EQUALIZER BRACKET UNDER THE SHIFT CONSOLE ON CERTAIN VEHICLES FOR PROPER SEATING OF THE EQUALIZER TO THE CABLE-END FITTING. ON SOME OF THESE VEHICLES, THE EQUALIZER MAY NOT BE PROPERLY SEATED TO THE CABLE-END FITTING, WHICH NECESSITATES A READJUSTMENT OF THE PARK-BRAKE CABLE ASSEMBLY.