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Service bulletin 16-NA-316

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 id10118962
Published by NHTSA2017-10-15
Manufacturer's number16-NA-316
Manufacturer's date2016-09-22
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY

NHTSA's summary

This technical bulletin provides a procedure to drill two holes in the rear axle housings to spray lubricant into and then close up with rivets to correct a condition of a rear axle creak noise due to the improper lubrication of some of the internals.

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

Transmission and driveline, Axle

Vehicles listed
CHEVROLET CRUZE2016, 2017

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

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
16-NA-3162018-05-21. Service bulletin. This technical bulletin provides a procedure to drill two holes in the rear axle housings to spray lubricant into and then close up with rivets to correct a condition of a rear axle creak noise due to the improper lubrication of some of the internals.
16NA3162018-05-07. Service bulletin. This technical bulletin provides a procedure to drill two holes in the rear axle housings to spray lubricant into and then close up with rivets to correct a condition of a rear axle creak noise due to the improper lubrication of some of the internals.
PIC6223A2017-08-15. Service bulletin. This Preliminary Information communication advises the technician that the Rear Axle is no longer on restriction.