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Service bulletin PIP5054A

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 id10112456
Published by NHTSA2017-08-15
Manufacturer's numberPIP5054A
Manufacturer's date2012-10-08
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM); ENGINE

NHTSA's summary

This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have a Malfunction Indicator Lamp on or a temperature message on the Driver Information Center shortly after cold starting the engine. Technician may find Diagnostic Trouble Code P0116 set. Technician will need to update the Engine Control Module with the latest calibrations using Service Programming System.

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

Engine, Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission, Transmission control module

Trouble codes named

P0116

Vehicles listed
BUICK LACROSSE2010, 2011

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

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