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Service bulletin PIP4495D

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 id10112700
Published by NHTSA2017-08-15
Manufacturer's numberPIP4495D
Manufacturer's date2013-01-04
NHTSA componentENGINE

NHTSA's summary

This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have a loud tick or rattle noise under the hood at all operating conditions. Technician will need to check the lower and oil pressure to the upper end oil pressure. Technician will need to inspect the oil feed orifice in the cylinder head. Technician will clean out and debris found in the orifice.

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

Vehicles listed
BUICK LACROSSE2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
BUICK REGAL2011, 2012, 2013
BUICK VERANO2012, 2013
CHEVROLET CAPTIVA2012 to 2013
CHEVROLET CAVALIER2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
CHEVROLET COBALT2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
CHEVROLET EQUINOX2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
CHEVROLET HHR2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
CHEVROLET MALIBU2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
GMC TERRAIN2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
OLDSMOBILE ALERO2002, 2003, 2004
PONTIAC G52007, 2008, 2009, 2010
PONTIAC G62006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
PONTIAC GRAND AM2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
PONTIAC PURSUIT2005, 2006
PONTIAC SOLSTICE2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
PONTIAC SUNFIRE2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
SATURN AURA2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
SATURN ION2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
SATURN L2002003
SATURN L3002003, 2004, 2005
SATURN LW2002000, 2001, 2002 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
SATURN SKY2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
SATURN VUE2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

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

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