Service bulletin 08-242-25
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| Type | Service bulletin |
|---|---|
| NHTSA id | 11021826 |
| Published by NHTSA | 2025-08-13 |
| Manufacturer's number | 08-242-25 |
| Manufacturer's date | 2025-08-06 |
| NHTSA component | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM |
NHTSA's summary
Flash: Park Assist Module (PAM) Updates Customers must experience a Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) illumination and the vehicle must exhibit/set one or more of the following Diagnostic Trouble Codes (DTCs): ● B128E-25 - PTS Sensor 1-Signal Shape/Waveform Failure. ● B128F-25 - PTS Sensor 2-Signal Shape/Waveform Failure. ● B1290-25 - PTS Sensor 3-Signal Shape/Waveform Failure. ● B1291-25 - PTS Sensor 4-Signal Shape/Waveform Failure. ● B1292-25 - PTS Sensor 5-Signal Shape/Waveform Failure. ● B1293-25 - PTS Sensor 6-Signal Shape/Waveform Failure. ● B1295-25 - PTS Sensor 8-Signal Shape/Waveform Failure. ● B1296-25 - PTS Sensor 9-Signal Shape/Waveform Failure. ● B1297-25 - PTS Sensor 10-Signal Shape/Waveform Failure. ● B1298-25 - PTS Sensor 11-Signal Shape/Waveform Failure. ● B1299-25 - PTS Sensor 12-Signal Shape/Waveform Failure. **Customers must experience one or more of the following:** ● **Park Assist is inoperative.** ● False braking alerts while backing up when there’s nothing behind the vehicle. ● When backing up, the park assist feature will apply the brakes when no object is behind the vehicle. This bulletin involves updating the PAM module with the latest available software.
The document
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Components
Electrical system
Trouble codes named
B128E, B128F, B1290, B1291, B1292, B1293, B1295, B1296, B1297, B1298, B1299
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