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Service bulletin GCUS-3-369 (2297

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 id10088707
Published by NHTSA2017-01-13
Manufacturer's numberGCUS-3-369 (2297
Manufacturer's date2015-12-01
NHTSA componentSTRUCTURE:BODY

NHTSA's summary

STOP DELIVERY ORDER (22970). THIS STOP MESSAGE IS TO INFORM DEALERS THAT EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, STOP THE DELIVERY OF CERTAIN 2016 MODEL YEAR BUICK VERANO AND CHEVROLET SONIC VEHICLES IN NEW VEHICLE INVENTORY. THE HOOD INNERS WERE BUILT WITHOUT CLINCHES DUE A BROKEN PUNCH AND DIE. UNTIL FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS ARE RECEIVED, THE INVOLVED VEHICLES IDENTIFIED IN THE ATTACHED FILE MUST BE HELD AND NOT DELIVERED TO CUSTOMERS, DEALER-TRADED, RELEASED TO AUCTION, USED FOR DEMONSTRATION OR ANY OTHER PURPOSE.

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

Body and frame

Vehicles listed
BUICK VERANO2016
CHEVROLET SONIC2016

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

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