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Service bulletin 13008A

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 id10246697
Published by NHTSA2023-12-11
Manufacturer's number13008A
Manufacturer's date2013-01-01
NHTSA componentEQUIPMENT; SUSPENSION

NHTSA's summary

Rear Suspension Bolt May Not Be To Proper Torque Specification

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

Equipment and accessories, Suspension

Vehicles listed
CHEVROLET MALIBU2013

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
21V00F0002021-12-22. SUSPENSION:REAR
20215102021-08-12. Suspension
21V6330002021-08-12. SUSPENSION:REAR
20V7640002020-12-21. SUSPENSION:REAR
20206152020-12-10. Suspension
20130232013-01-23. Suspension
13V0240002013-01-23. SUSPENSION:REAR

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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