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Service bulletin PIE0403

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 id10138102
Published by NHTSA2018-05-21
Manufacturer's numberPIE0403
Manufacturer's date2017-03-28
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN

NHTSA's summary

This engineering informational bulletin is requesting information from the field on vehicles that have the condition of having a hard time shifting the vehicle.

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

Vehicles listed
CHEVROLET SPARK2016, 2017

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

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