# Service bulletin 15289

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: 10089895
- Published by NHTSA: 2017\-01\-30
- Manufacturer's number: 15289
- Manufacturer's date: 2015\-07\-30
- NHTSA component: SUSPENSION:FRONT; EQUIPMENT

## NHTSA's summary

15289 \- SPECIAL COVERAGE. ON SOME 2008\-2009 MODEL YEAR PONTIAC G8 VEHICLES, THE BOOTS ON THE FRONT\-LOWER\-CONTROL\-ARMS CAN BECOME RIGID IN COLD WEATHER, WHICH CAN ALLOW WATER TO ENTER THE JOINT AND CORRODE THE SURFACE OF THE BALL JOINT. IF THIS CONDITION OCCURS, A LOUD METALLIC RATTLE CAN BE HEARD FROM THE FRONT SUSPENSION WHEN DRIVING ON ROUGH ROAD SURFACES. DEALERS ARE TO INSPECT THE FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINTS FOR FREE\-PLAY AND REPLACE THE CONTROL ARMS AS REQUIRED.

## 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

Equipment and accessories, Suspension

## Vehicles listed

- 2008 to 2009 PONTIAC G8

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