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Service bulletin PIP5043B

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 id10111963
Published by NHTSA2017-08-15
Manufacturer's numberPIP5043B
Manufacturer's date2014-02-26
NHTSA componentSERVICE BRAKES; VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL

NHTSA's summary

This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have a grind growl noise on the 1-2 shift that can be felt in the clutch pedal and brake pedal if applied during a 1-2 shift under light or normal acceleration. Dealer should communicate to the customer this condition is a normal operating characteristic of their vehicle.

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

Brakes, Throttle and cruise control

Vehicles listed
BUICK REGAL2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
BUICK VERANO2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
CHEVROLET CRUZE2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
CHEVROLET SONIC2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
15V1130002015-02-27. PARKING BRAKE
20150802015-02-23. Brakes
20132822013-08-15. Brakes
13V3600002013-08-15. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST
11V5990002011-12-28. SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
20114402011-12-23. Brakes

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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