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Service bulletin 120232002B

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 id10178292
Published by NHTSA2020-08-10
Manufacturer's number120232002B
Manufacturer's date2020-06-05
NHTSA componentSTEERING

NHTSA's summary

This technical bulletin provides a procedure to eliminate a power steering noise due to extremely low temperatures.

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

Vehicles listed
BUICK ENCLAVE2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
BUICK ENCORE2013, 2014
BUICK LACROSSE2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
BUICK LESABRE2006
BUICK LUCERNE2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
BUICK LUCERNE2012
BUICK RAINIER2006, 2007
BUICK REGAL2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
BUICK RENDEZVOUS2006, 2007
BUICK TERRAZA2006, 2007
BUICK TERRAZA2008
BUICK VERANO2012, 2013, 2014
CADILLAC ATS2013, 2014
CADILLAC CTS2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
CADILLAC CTS-V2014 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CADILLAC DTS2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
CADILLAC ELR2014
CADILLAC ESCALADE2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
CADILLAC ESCALADE ESV2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CADILLAC ESCALADE EXT2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CADILLAC ESCALADE EXT 15002006 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CADILLAC SRX2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
CADILLAC STS2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
CADILLAC XLR2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
CADILLAC XTS2013, 2014
CHEVROLET AVALANCHE2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 15002006 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 25002006 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET AVEO2006
CHEVROLET AVEO2009, 2010, 2011
CHEVROLET C SERIES2006
CHEVROLET C SERIES2008
CHEVROLET CAMARO2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
CHEVROLET CAPRICE2012 to 2014
CHEVROLET CAPTIVA2013 to 2014
CHEVROLET CAPTIVA SPORT2012
CHEVROLET CHEVEROLET SS2014
CHEVROLET COBALT2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
CHEVROLET COLORADO2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
CHEVROLET COLORADO2014
CHEVROLET CORVETTE2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
CHEVROLET CRUZE2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
CHEVROLET EQUINOX2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
CHEVROLET EXPRESS2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
CHEVROLET HHR2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
CHEVROLET IMPALA2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
CHEVROLET MALIBU2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO2006, 2007
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 15002006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 25002006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SONIC2012, 2013, 2014
CHEVROLET SPARK2013, 2014
CHEVROLET SSR2006
CHEVROLET SUBURBAN2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
CHEVROLET TAHOE2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
CHEVROLET TRAVERSE2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
CHEVROLET UPLANDER2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
CHEVROLET VOLT2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
GMC ACADIA2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
GMC C SERIES2006
GMC CANYON2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
GMC ENVOY2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
GMC ENVOY XL2006 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC SAVANA2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
GMC SIERRA 15002014 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC SIERRA 25002007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC SIERRA DENALI2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC TERRAIN2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
GMC YUKON2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
GMC YUKON DENALI2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC YUKON DENALI XL2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC YUKON XL2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
GMC YUKON XL2012, 2013, 2014 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
HUMMER H22006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
HUMMER H32006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
PONTIAC G32008, 2009, 2010
PONTIAC G32011
PONTIAC G52007, 2008, 2009, 2010
PONTIAC G62006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
PONTIAC G82008, 2009, 2010
PONTIAC GRAND PRIX2006, 2007, 2008
PONTIAC GTO2006
PONTIAC GTO2007
PONTIAC MONTANA2006 to 2009
PONTIAC PURSUIT2006
PONTIAC PURSUIT2007 to 2009
PONTIAC SOLSTICE2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
PONTIAC TORRENT2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
PONTIAC VIBE2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
SAAB 9-7X2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
SATURN ASTRA2008, 2009
SATURN ASTRA2010
SATURN AURA2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
SATURN ION2006, 2007
SATURN OUTLOOK2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
SATURN RELAY2006, 2007
SATURN RELAY2008
SATURN SKY2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
SATURN VUE2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
SATURN VUE2011

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20202912020-06-25. Steering
20184632018-08-30. Steering
20173252017-06-29. Steering
17V4140002017-06-29. STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
20150482015-02-04. Steering
15V0640002015-02-04. STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
20145142014-11-12. Steering
14V4500002014-07-23. STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
14V4090002014-07-02. STEERING
20141722014-05-14. Steering

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

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