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Service bulletin 16NA016

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 id10250071
Published by NHTSA2024-02-12
Manufacturer's number16NA016
Manufacturer's date2016-01-01
NHTSA componentSEATS

NHTSA's summary

Rear 60% Seatback Locked in Down Position When Folded, Will Not Return to Upright Position

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

Seats

Vehicles listed
BUICK ENCORE2013, 2014

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20143432014-08-11. Seats And Restraints
20143152014-07-29. Seats And Restraints
14V4460002014-07-23. SEATS

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

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
06-00-89-029V2024-05-16. Service bulletin. This service bulletin includes information on Interior Cleaning - Instrument Panel (IP), Hard or Plastic Surfaces, Seats, Carpet, Leather, Vinyl, Fabric Cleaner, Stain Remover, Restorer - Product Availability.
14340B2024-01-16. Service bulletin. Incomplete Weld on the Seat Hook Bracket Assembly
143402024-01-16. Service bulletin. Incomplete Weld on the Seat Hook Bracket Assembly
131092023-12-11. Service bulletin. CSP-Driver's Seat Rear Blocking Clips May be Missing (Equipped with Driver 's 6-way power seat (AG9) and without Memory seat feature (AAG)
16NA0162023-12-11. Service bulletin. Rear 60% Seatback Locked in Down Position When Folded, Will Not Return to Upright Position
060850009J2019-03-25. Service bulletin. This informational bulletin provides information for information on passenger presence sensing system (PPS or PSS) concerns with custom upholstery, accessory seat heaters or other comfort enhancing devices.
06-00-89-029K2018-05-21. Service bulletin. This informational bulletin provides dealership personnel with information on interior cleaning of Instrument Panel (IP), hard or plastic surfaces, seats, carpet, leather, vinyl, fabric cleaner, stain remover, restorer and product availability.
16-NA-0162018-05-21. Service bulletin. This technical bulletin provides repair information to correct a customer concern of the rear 60% seatback locked in the down position when folded, and will not return to upright position.
PI08582018-05-21. Service bulletin. This preliminary informational bulletin provides information regarding the difference in seat backs from the passenger to the driver and that this is a normal condition for when the passenger seat is used to be folded down.
16NA0162018-05-21. Service bulletin. This technical bulletin provides repair information to correct a customer concern of the rear 60% seatback locked in the down position when folded, and will not return to upright position.