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Service bulletin PIP4990A

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 id10111922
Published by NHTSA2017-08-15
Manufacturer's numberPIP4990A
Manufacturer's date2014-02-12
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM; POWER TRAIN

NHTSA's summary

This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles with the service engine soon lamp that comes on. Technician may find Diagnostic Trouble Code U0101. Technician should review the appropriate Service Information diagnostics for DTC U0101. Also gather all other diagnostic trouble codes in the vehicle and which modules they are set in. The transmission connector pins should be checked for damaged terminals or poor terminal fit. Also inspect the under hood fuse block for damaged terminals or poor terminal fit and mis-positioned fuses in fuse block. Inspect the ground for the Transmission Control Module. Technician should refer to Service Information automatic transmission controls schematics to determine the ground identification.

The document

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it. NHTSA files a document at one of these two addresses; we have not asked NHTSA which.

Components

Electrical system, Transmission and driveline

Trouble codes named

U0101

Vehicles listed
BUICK ENCORE2013, 2014
BUICK LACROSSE2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
BUICK REGAL2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
BUICK VERANO2012, 2013, 2014
CHEVROLET CRUZE2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
CHEVROLET EQUINOX2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
CHEVROLET MALIBU2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
CHEVROLET ORLANDO2012, 2013, 2014
CHEVROLET SONIC2012, 2013, 2014
CHEVROLET TRAX2013, 2014
GMC TERRAIN2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
PONTIAC G62008, 2009, 2010
SATURN AURA2008, 2009, 2010

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20163502016-07-07. Electrical
16V5170002016-07-07. SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:POWER ADJUST; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
16V5020002016-07-05. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)
20161912016-04-28. Electrical
16V2570002016-04-28. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.
15V2450002015-04-24. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL)
20144802014-10-29. Electrical
20142292014-06-12. Powertrain
14V3150002014-06-12. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
20141732014-05-16. Electrical

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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