# Service bulletin 18017 01

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: 10135159
- Published by NHTSA: 2018\-05\-07
- Manufacturer's number: 18017 01
- Manufacturer's date: 2018\-02\-01
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

## NHTSA's summary

18017 01 \- Service Update. An ASIC \(Application Specific Integrated Circuit\) in the engine control module may not power up correctly preventing the main microprocessor from communicating with ASICs. This can result in a no start, no crank and possible dead battery. Replace the engine control module.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10135159-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10135159-0001.pdf)

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## Components

Electrical system, Transmission and driveline

## Vehicles listed

- 2018 CHEVROLET MALIBU

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2020520](/recalls/tc/2020520.md), 2020-10-29: Powertrain
- [20V668000](/recalls/nhtsa/20V668000.md), 2020-10-29: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
- [19V642000](/recalls/nhtsa/19V642000.md), 2019-09-06: ENGINE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS

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- [15\-06\-03\-001F](/bulletins/11017031.md), 2025-04-15, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This service bulletin provides information to diagnose batteries that have set for a long period of time and/or cold weather climates and testing those batteries.
- [21\-NA\-043](/bulletins/11014230.md), 2025-02-12, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY/WIPER; SERVICE BRAKES; ENGINE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; WHEELS. This bulletin advises the dealers to maintain the vehicle stock on hand by doing a full inspection on the vehicles before being sold \(prepping\) to the customer.

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