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Service bulletin PIC5710A

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 id10112922
Published by NHTSA2017-08-15
Manufacturer's numberPIC5710A
Manufacturer's date2013-03-19
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION

NHTSA's summary

This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have a no crank. Technician will find Diagnostic Trouble Code B1380. Technician will need to check for aftermarket part installed into the vehicle. Technician should check all the power mode voltages with the ignition switch installed. If no after-market electrical devices are found and the power modes are incorrect, replace the ignition switch.

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, Ignition

Trouble codes named

B1380

Vehicles listed
CHEVROLET SONIC2012

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

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