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Service bulletin PIP5195

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 id10112068
Published by NHTSA2017-08-15
Manufacturer's numberPIP5195
Manufacturer's date2014-05-13
NHTSA componentSTRUCTURE; SUSPENSION

NHTSA's summary

This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that jerks or bumps on a de-acceleration coast down at about 40 to 30 miles per hour. 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

Body and frame, Suspension

Vehicles listed
BUICK LACROSSE2012
BUICK REGAL2012

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20260892026-02-26. Suspension
26V1130002026-02-26. SUSPENSION:REAR
20217852021-12-22. Suspension
21V00F0002021-12-22. SUSPENSION:REAR
20V7640002020-12-21. SUSPENSION:REAR
20206152020-12-10. Suspension

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

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
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05-03-08-002J2024-09-20. Service bulletin. This service bulletin provides information to dealership personnel on diagnosis and replacement of shock absorber and strut due to fluid leak.
05-03-08-002J2024-09-20. Service bulletin. This service bulletin provides information to dealership personnel on diagnosis and replacement of shock absorber and strut due to fluid leak.
15-00-89-004G2024-05-15. Service bulletin. This service bulletin provides technicians with information to help identify the differences between what is considered a fluid leak, and what is considered fluid seepage.
PI0672A2024-04-29. Service bulletin. Wind Noise from Rear Side Door Stationary Window
PI0281K2024-02-14. Service bulletin. This preliminary informational (PI) bulletin provides information to dealership personnel which may be helpful when addressing underbody component corrosion with customers.
142712024-01-16. Service bulletin. Power Seat Height Adjuster Bolt
PIT4931C2023-12-26. Service bulletin. A Door May Not Open With The Outside Handle And/Or The Inside Handle.
PIT5214F2023-12-18. Service bulletin. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have had multiple repair attempts that are being performed on customer?s vehicles that exhibit vibration conditions without utilizing the support of General Motors Technical Assistance Center. If valid vibration frequency or Road Force Variation data has been collected and a repair attempt does not correct the customer complaint, contact General Motors Technical Assistance Center for further support. For any vehicles that remains unrepaired after being at the dealer for three days or more and a related bulletin or PI is not found, contact General Motors Technical Assistance Center for further support.