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Service bulletin 16-NA-164

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 id10108635
Published by NHTSA2017-07-18
Manufacturer's number16-NA-164
Manufacturer's date2017-07-18
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:FUEL GAUGE SYSTEM

NHTSA's summary

This technical bulletin provides a procedure to reprogram the instrument cluster to correct a customer concern on the fuel gauge not reading full, only goes to 7/8 full, or that it goes off full shortly after refilling caused by to an internal software calibration.

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

Electrical system, Fuel system, Software

Vehicles listed
CHEVROLET MALIBU2016

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
16V0840002016-02-11. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

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