# Service bulletin 12222B

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: 10138221
- Published by NHTSA: 2018\-05\-21
- Manufacturer's number: 12222B
- Manufacturer's date: 2012\-12\-03
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; EQUIPMENT

## NHTSA's summary

12222B \- Service Update \(revised part section\). These vehicles may have a transmission built with an incorrect internal o\-ring seal. The affected vehicles may exhibit noise due to pump cavitation, sluggish shifting and poor acceleration, or may require high engine RPM to engage drive or reverse or to move the vehicle. Dealers are to test drive the vehicles. If the test drive determines the condition is present, dealers are to replace the o\-ring.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2012/MC-10138221-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2012/MC-10138221-0001.pdf)

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it.

## Components

Equipment and accessories, Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission

## Vehicles listed

- 2013 BUICK LACROSSE
- 2012 BUICK REGAL
- 2013 CHEVROLET MALIBU

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [16V502000](/recalls/nhtsa/16V502000.md), 2016-07-05: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\)
- [15V245000](/recalls/nhtsa/15V245000.md), 2015-04-24: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION \(PRNDL\)
- [13V097000](/recalls/nhtsa/13V097000.md), 2013-03-15: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\); POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [PIE0276](/bulletins/10252878.md), 2024-04-08, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:FLUID/LUBRICANT. Engineering Information.
- [21\-NA\-245](/bulletins/10252775.md), 2024-04-05, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:INTERNAL:PARK PAWL; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ADAS:PARKING ASSIST:WARNING; POWER TRAIN. This service bulletin provides repair information to correct a customer concern of seeing a Shift to Park Message Displayed in DIC.
- [13120C](/bulletins/10246730.md), 2023-12-11, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER. Service Update for Inventory Vehicles Only Torque Converter Clutch Sticking Expires May 31, 2015
- [13120B](/bulletins/10246729.md), 2023-12-11, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER. Service Update for Inventory Vehicles Only Torque Converter Clutch Sticking Expires April 30, 2014
- [13120A](/bulletins/10246728.md), 2023-12-11, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER. Service Update for Inventory Vehicles Only Torque Converter Clutch Sticking Expires April 30, 2014
- [13120](/bulletins/10246727.md), 2023-12-11, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER. Service Update for Inventory Vehicles Only Torque Converter Clutch Sticking Expires April 30, 2014
- [17\-NA\-066](/bulletins/10239647.md), 2023-07-25, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; POWER TRAIN. This service bulletin provides information for automatic transmission Oil Cooler Flush and flow test.
- [06\-00\-89\-031D](/bulletins/10201098.md), 2021-09-07, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; POWER TRAIN; ENGINE. OEM and Remanufactured Engine and Automatic Transmission/Transaxle Identification
- [990420002L](/bulletins/10200154.md), 2021-08-09, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; EQUIPMENT. This service bulletin provides information on Driveline Clunk Noise and what is acceptable and what is considered normal operation.
- [06\-00\-89\-031D](/bulletins/10190503.md), 2021-04-20, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; ENGINE. OEM and Remanufactured Engine and Automatic Transmission/Transaxle Identification

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