# Service bulletin SB\-0000188787\-A

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: 10061096
- Published by NHTSA: 2016\-03\-31
- Manufacturer's number: SB\-0000188787\-A
- Manufacturer's date: 2014\-03\-31
- NHTSA component: STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM

## NHTSA's summary

SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.

## 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

Steering, Power steering

## Vehicles listed

- 2010 CHEVROLET COBALT
- 2009 to 2010 CHEVROLET HHR
- 2004 to 2009 CHEVROLET MALIBU
- 2004 to 2006 CHEVROLET MALIBU MAXX
- 2005 to 2009 PONTIAC G6
- 2008 to 2009 SATURN AURA
- 2004 to 2007 SATURN ION

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [15V064000](/recalls/nhtsa/15V064000.md), 2015-02-04: STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
- [14V153000](/recalls/nhtsa/14V153000.md), 2014-03-31: STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
- [10V073000](/recalls/nhtsa/10V073000.md), 2010-03-03: STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [14115A](/bulletins/10247316.md), 2023-12-18, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN; STEERING:AUTOMATED/ADAPTIVE STEERING:MOTOR/ACTUATOR; STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM; STEERING. Electric Power Steering Assist
- [PI0800A](/bulletins/10137450.md), 2018-05-21, Service bulletin: STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM. This preliminary informational bulletin provides a procedure to reprogram the electronic power steering control module for comments regarding a indicator lamp illuminated and DTC C0544 and U0415 set.
- [12\-02\-32\-002A](/bulletins/10134625.md), 2018-04-23, Service bulletin: STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:POWER STEERING FLUID; STEERING. This technical bulletin provides a revision for 12\-02\-32\-002 to add the 2013\-2014 model years, add noise as a possible condition and add a Note in the Instructions section.
- [PIP4716F](/bulletins/10112096.md), 2017-08-15, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS; STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that may have a short, sharp rattle noise from the front of the engine at start up. Technician may find Diagnostic Trouble Codes P0011 P0014 P0016 or P0017. Technician will need to inspect the engine belt. If the vehicle is equipped with a hydraulic power steering, technician will need to verify the power steering pulley outer edge is aligned flush with shaft and repair as needed. If pulley alignment is correct or vehicle does not have hydraulic steering, replace the engine belt. If the noise is still present and it is coming from the cam actuators they will need to be replaced.
- [15356](/bulletins/10089834.md), 2017-01-30, Service bulletin: STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM. 15356 \- SPECIAL COVERAGE. ON SOME 2007\-2012 MODEL YEAR CHEVROLET MALIBU, PONTIAC G6, AND SATURN AURA VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH ELECTRIC POWER STEERING ASSIST \(EPS\), THE STEERING COLUMN TORQUE SENSOR OR THE EPS MOTOR/CONTROLLER MAY CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO SUDDENLY LOSE EPS. IF THE VEHICLE LOSES EPS, THE VEHICLE’S DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER WILL DISPLAY A WARNING MESSAGE AND A WARNING CHIME WILL BE HEARD. THE VEHICLE WILL REVERT TO A MANUAL STEERING MODE, WHICH REQUIRES GREATER DRIVER EFFORT TO OPERATE AT LOW VEHICLE SPEEDS. DEALERS ARE TO REPLACE THE STEERING COLUMN TORQUE SENSOR OR EPS MOTOR/CONTROLLER BASED ON DTC. THE REPAIRS WILL BE MADE AT NO CHARGE TO THE CUSTOMER.
- [G\-208939](/bulletins/10079501.md), 2016-09-08, Service bulletin: STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM. 14119 \- SPECIAL COVERAGE \(MESSAGE ONLY \- CUSTOMER LETTER MAILING NOTIFICATION\). SOME 2006\-2009 MODEL YEAR CHEVROLET HHR \(NON\-TURBO\) AND 2003 MODEL YEAR SATURN ION VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH ELECTRIC POWER STEERING MAY EXPERIENCE A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING ASSIST THAT COULD OCCUR AT ANY TIME WHILE DRIVING. IF THE POWER STEERING ASSIST IS LOST, A MESSAGE IS DISPLAYED ON THE DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER AND A CHIME SOUNDS TO INFORM THE DRIVER. STEERING CONTROL CAN BE MAINTAINED, AS THE VEHICLE WILL REVERT TO A MANUAL STEERING MODE, BUT WOULD REQUIRE GREATER DRIVER EFFORT AT LOW VEHICLE SPEEDS, WHICH COULD RESULT IN AN INCREASED RISK OF A CRASH. DEALERS ARE TO REPLACE THE POWER STEERING MOTOR.
- [SB\-16\-NA\-109](/bulletins/10078430.md), 2016-08-06, Service bulletin: STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM. "THIS TECHNICAL BULLETIN PROVIDES A PROCEDURE TO INSPECT THE STEERING GEAR FOR A NORMAL CONDITION OF GREASE OR SEALANT ON EXTERIOR CASE OF GEAR DUE TO THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS."
- [14118](/bulletins/10067278.md), 2016-05-23, Service bulletin: STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.
- [14117](/bulletins/10067277.md), 2016-05-23, Service bulletin: STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.
- [SB\-15356](/bulletins/10058788.md), 2015-11-24, Service bulletin: STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM. PONTIAC/SATURN/CHEVROLET: TSB CONTAINS AN OWNER'S NOTIFICATION LETTER. SELECT DOCUMENT SEARCH BUTTON BELOW. SOME VEHICLES WILL SUDDENLY LOSE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING ASSIST \(EPS\) DUE TO STEERING COLUMN TORQUE SENSOR OR EPS MOTOR/CONTROLLER AND DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER WILL HAVE WARNING MESSAGE ALONG WITH WARNING CHIME SOUND. MODEL 2007\-12 MALIBU, AURA, G6. \*PE

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