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Service bulletin PI0659C

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 id10138644
Published by NHTSA2018-05-29
Manufacturer's numberPI0659C
Manufacturer's date2014-02-25
NHTSA componentSTEERING:COLUMN; STEERING; STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR

NHTSA's summary

This preliminary bulletin provides a procedure to repair or replace the steering column seal to correct the customers concern of a groan, squeak or rubbing noise when turning the steering wheel.

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

Steering, Steering column and wheel

Vehicles listed
BUICK LACROSSE2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
BUICK REGAL2012, 2013, 2014
CHEVROLET IMPALA2014
CHEVROLET MALIBU2013, 2014

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
PI1420B2018-06-04. Service bulletin. This preliminary informational bulletin provides repair information to correct a customer concern of vibration felt through the steering wheel, drivers and passengers seats or floor while vehicle in drive at idle.
PIC59162017-08-15. Service bulletin. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have Steering wheel control switches will have no backlighting, Instrument Panel Cluster resets, Instrument Panel Cluster will go to "Sport mode" when "Touring" was selected, and the heads up display does not retain the customers preferred display setting. Technician will need to update the Instrument Panel Cluster using USB flash drive and Service Programming System.
PI-12392014-11-08. Service bulletin. BUICK/CHEVROLET: WHILE STEERING, STEERING WHEEL HAS STICK SLIP OR NOTCHY FEEL DUE TO INCREASED EFFORTS TO OVERCOME FORCE TO TURN GEARS INSIDE STEERING GEAR. MODEL 201-2014 VERANO, CRUZE, MALIBU. *PE
PI-0172-C2012-04-04. Service bulletin. BUICK: WHEN STEERING WHEEL IS EITHER TURNED TO LEFT OR RIGHT, THERE IS A SQUAWK OR MOANING OR A GRINDING OF METAL TYPE OF NOISE. *PE UPDATED 11/25/2013 *JS