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Service bulletin 16-NA-231

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 id10113987
Published by NHTSA2017-08-15
Manufacturer's number16-NA-231
Manufacturer's date2017-04-04
NHTSA componentEXTERIOR LIGHTING:BACK UP LIGHTS

NHTSA's summary

This Technical bulletin provides a fix to reprogram the body control module to correct an IP backlight dimming/display condition.

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

Lighting

Vehicles listed
BUICK ENCORE2013, 2014, 2015, 2016

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

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