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Service bulletin PIC4541E

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 id10112653
Published by NHTSA2017-08-15
Manufacturer's numberPIC4541E
Manufacturer's date2012-12-12
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM

NHTSA's summary

This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician with a diagnostic tip for the OnStar back-up battery failure. Technician may find Diagnostic Trouble Code B1446 or B1447 and the OnStar LED is red. Technician should never disconnect the main vehicle battery or remove the OnStar fuse with the ignition key in any position other than off.

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

Trouble codes named

B1446, B1447

Vehicles listed
BUICK LACROSSE2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
CHEVROLET AVEO2009, 2010
CHEVROLET CAMARO2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
CHEVROLET CAPTIVA2012 to 2013
CHEVROLET EQUINOX2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
CHEVROLET IMPALA2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
CHEVROLET MALIBU2013
CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO2006, 2007
CHEVROLET SONIC2012, 2013
CHEVROLET SPARK2013
PONTIAC G32009, 2010
PONTIAC G82009
PONTIAC TORRENT2007, 2008, 2009
SATURN ASTRA2008, 2009
SATURN VUE2009, 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
20194632019-09-19. Electrical
16V5070002016-07-05. AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
16V5020002016-07-05. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)
20163402016-06-30. Electrical
16V4220002016-06-10. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.
20162922016-06-08. Electrical
20161912016-04-28. Electrical
16V2570002016-04-28. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.
20143792014-09-09. Electrical
14V5400002014-09-09. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION

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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