# Service bulletin PIC5753A

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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10112956
- Published by NHTSA: 2017\-08\-15
- Manufacturer's number: PIC5753A
- Manufacturer's date: 2013\-04\-04
- NHTSA component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH; STEERING; EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL

## NHTSA's summary

This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician that some customers may comment that when returning to the vehicle the ignition key requires high effort or may not turn from the lock position. Technician should be advised that this model is equipped with a steering column lock. If the vehicle is turned off with the steering wheel turned it may rotate back against the steering lock causing the lock to bind, resulting in the key cylinder binding.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10112956-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10112956-0001.pdf)

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it.

## Components

Electrical system, Equipment and accessories, Steering, Ignition

## Vehicles listed

- 2013 BUICK ENCORE
- 2012 to 2013 CHEVROLET SONIC
- 2013 CHEVROLET SPARK

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [16V502000](/recalls/nhtsa/16V502000.md), 2016-07-05: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\)

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [PIT5119B](/bulletins/10247719.md), 2023-12-26, Service bulletin: UNKNOWN OR OTHER; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI\-THEFT:IMMOBILIZER/PROXIMITY:KEY/SENDER. Intermittent Remote Keyless Entry Inoperative.
- [PIC5753B](/bulletins/10247051.md), 2023-12-11, Service bulletin: STEERING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH. Information On Steering Column Lock And Ignition Switch Hard To Rotate From The Lock Position.
- [PIC5753A](/bulletins/10247050.md), 2023-12-11, Service bulletin: STEERING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH. Information On Steering Column Lock And Ignition Switch Hard To Rotate From The Lock Position.
- [PIC5753](/bulletins/10247049.md), 2023-12-11, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION. Ignition Switch Hard To Rotate From The Lock Position
- [PIC5616A](/bulletins/10246965.md), 2023-12-11, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI\-THEFT:IMMOBILIZER/PROXIMITY:KEY/SENDER. RKE Inoperative Vehicle Does Not Respond To Key Fob Button Presses.
- [120089002A](/bulletins/10245761.md), 2023-12-04, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI\-THEFT:IMMOBILIZER/PROXIMITY:KEY/SENDER; EQUIPMENT. Requesting a New Key Code for Customer with Lost or Stolen Keys
- [PIC5650K](/bulletins/10237659.md), 2023-06-13, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have an intermittent no crank, no start, or start stall concern with the security light coming on. Technician may find Diagnostic Trouble Codes B3055, B3060, and/or B3935. Technician should not replace any parts for this concern. If unable to duplicate the concern ask if the customer uses any Radio Frequency Identification Devices when the concern is present. Dealer should also direct their customers to the appropriate section in the Owner manuals that references that the device complies.
- [PIT5119E \(1\)](/bulletins/10137714.md), 2018-05-21, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that the keyless entry is inoperative. Technician should inspect the ignition key cylinder door sticks in the up position. If the door is found open do not replace the ignition key cylinder, use a Lubriplate type of lubrication spray and lubricate the ignition key cylinder door. Insert the tip of the key in and out to verify the door of the cylinder is not sticking.
- [PIT5119E](/bulletins/10137713.md), 2018-05-21, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI\-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that the keyless entry is inoperative. Technician should inspect the ignition key cylinder door sticks in the up position. If the door is found open do not replace the ignition key cylinder, use a Lubriplate type of lubrication spray and lubricate the ignition key cylinder door. Insert the tip of the key in and out to verify the door of the cylinder is not sticking.
- [PIT5119F](/bulletins/10125122.md), 2017-12-14, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that the keyless entry is inoperative. Technician should inspect the ignition key cylinder door sticks in the up position. If the door is found open do not replace the ignition key cylinder, use a Lubriplate type of lubrication spray and lubricate the ignition key cylinder door. Insert the tip of the key in and out to verify the door of the cylinder is not sticking.

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