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Service bulletin 18NA171

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 id10178953
Published by NHTSA2020-08-31
Manufacturer's number18NA171
Manufacturer's date2020-07-08
NHTSA componentEQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION; ENGINE

NHTSA's summary

This technical bulletin provides a procedure to repair the mechanical components and then reprogram the throttle body to prevent the conditions of a rough running engine, MIL On from happening again.

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

Engine, Equipment and accessories, Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission, Manual transmission

Vehicles listed
BUICK ENCORE2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
CHEVROLET CRUZE2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
CHEVROLET TRAX2018, 2019

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20V6680002020-10-29. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
16V5020002016-07-05. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)

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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