Service bulletin PIC5541C
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 | 10127205 |
| Published by NHTSA | 2018-01-22 |
| Manufacturer's number | PIC5541C |
| Manufacturer's date | 2015-09-17 |
| NHTSA component | SUSPENSION |
NHTSA's summary
This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about a rattle coming from the rear of the vehicle when driving over medium sized bumps, it may sound like a loose spare tire or suspension component. The noise is most likely the left and right retaining clips holding the midsections of the parking brake cables to the car. The rattle can be repaired by preloading the cables using the published parking brake adjustment procedure found in service information.
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
Suspension
| CHEVROLET IMPALA | 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 |
|---|
Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.
| 2012255 | 2012-08-03. Suspension |
|---|---|
| 12V377000 | 2012-08-03. SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM |
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