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Service bulletins for the 2010 Buick LaCrosse

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.

1588 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

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Only bulletins with component: Transmission and driveline are shown. Show all

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PIP5203A2017-08-15. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about a service engine soon light on. Technician will find diagnostic trouble codes P0089 and P228D set in the engine control module. This concern could be due to an incorrect intake camshaft or camshaft actuator sprocket. A diagnostic trouble code of P0171 could also set from installing incorrect injectors.
PIP52032017-08-15. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN; ENGINE. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about a service engine soon light on. Technician will find diagnostic trouble codes P0089 and P228D set in the engine control module. This concern could be due to an incorrect intake camshaft or camshaft actuator sprocket. A diagnostic trouble code of P0171 could also set from installing incorrect injectors.
PIP4112N2017-08-15. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician of a complaint of a sag or hesitation when accelerating. The concern is present when coasting at low speeds of less than 15 miles per hour and then aggressively applying the throttle, or after making a hard stop followed by an aggressive throttle. This is considered normal operation of the vehicle the throttle is delayed and opened slowly up to .7 seconds to help minimize driveline lash and clunking or will have approximately .5 seconds of zero torque to allow the transmission to shift to first gear.
PIP4990A2017-08-15. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; POWER TRAIN. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles with the service engine soon lamp that comes on. Technician may find Diagnostic Trouble Code U0101. Technician should review the appropriate Service Information diagnostics for DTC U0101. Also gather all other diagnostic trouble codes in the vehicle and which modules they are set in. The transmission connector pins should be checked for damaged terminals or poor terminal fit. Also inspect the under hood fuse block for damaged terminals or poor terminal fit and mis-positioned fuses in fuse block. Inspect the ground for the Transmission Control Module. Technician should refer to Service Information automatic transmission controls schematics to determine the ground identification.
PIP4990C2017-03-20. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; ENGINE. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION ADVISES THE TECHNICIAN THAT SOME VEHICLES MAY HAVE A SERVICE ENGINE SOON THAT COMES ON. TECHNICIAN MAY FIND A DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE U0101 CURRENT OR STORED HISTORY. TECHNICIAN SO CHECK TERMINAL PIN FIT AT TRANSMISSION CONNECTOR, UNDER HOOD FUSE BLOCK. ALSO THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE GROUND WILL NEED TO BE INSPECTED. TECHNICIAN WILL REVIEW THE APPROPRIATE SERVICE INFORMATION DIAGNOSTICS FOR DTC U0101.
SB-03-07-29-004K2016-08-06. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. THIS INFORMATIONAL BULLETIN PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS OF A MANUAL TRANSMISSION.
PI0703B2016-06-13. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.
PIP5090D2016-04-26. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.
PIP-5090-D2014-01-29. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. GM: SOME VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE A VIBRATION OR SHUDDER UPON ACCELERATION FROM A STOP. THE RIGHT FRONT AXLE SHAFT MAY NOT B FULLY SEATED INTO THE PTU. *JS
PI-0703-B2013-04-23. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY; POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT. CADILLAC/BUICK: ON DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER (DIC), SERVICE REAR AXLE MESSAGE WILL APPEAR AND REQUIRES AN UPDATE CALIBRATION TO REAR DIFFERENTIAL CLUTCH CONTROL MODULE (CCM). MODELS 2010-2012 LACROSSE, SRX. *PE
PIP-49902012-03-13. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. BUICK/CHEVROLET/GMC/PONTIAC/SATURN: SOME MODEL YEAR VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE SERVICE ENGINE SOON (SES) LAMP ILLUMINATED. ISSUE MAY BE CAUSED BY THE CONTROL SOLENOID/MODULE ASSEMBLY OR MAY HAVE DAMAGED OR POOR TERMINALS FOR UNDER HOOD FUSE BLOCK. *PE
PI-04482011-06-27. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM). GM: MALFUNCTION LIGHT IS ON WITH FOUR POSSIBLE TROUBLE CODES STORED. *RM
PI-01792011-03-25. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM). BUICK/CADILLAC/CHEVROLET/GMC: EQUIPPED WITH 6T70 OR 6T75 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION (RPOS MH2, MH4, MH6, MY9). TRANSMISSIONS BUILT 4/1/10 THRU 5/8/10. A HARSH SHIFT, TYPICALLY INTO THIRD OR FIFTH GEAR. UPON INVESTIGATION, TECHNICIAN MAY FIND DTC P0843 IN THE TCM AS A HISTORY OR ACTIVE DTC. MODELS ENCLAVE, LACROSSE, SRX, EQUINOX, TRAVERSE, ACADIA AND TERRAIN. *PE UPDATED 3/28/11. *PE
PI-0181A2011-03-08. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE). BUICK: CORRECT TRANSFER CASE (PTU) VENT HOSE ROUTING. TRANSFER CASE VENT HOSE MAY HAVE BEEN ROUTED INCORRECTLY DURING ASSEMBLY. IF THE TRANSFER CASE VENT HOSE IS ROUTED INCORRECTLY, AND DEPENDING ON WHERE IT IS MISROUTED, A CUSTOMER MAY COMMENT ON A PASSENGER COMPARTMENT ODOR OR A SLIGHT FLUID LEAK UNDER THE VEHICLE. *PE UPDATED 5/31/11. *PE
SB-09271C2010-06-25. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM). PONTIAC/SATURN/BUICK/GMC/CHEVROLET: TRANSMISSION CALIBRATION UPDATE. A SERVICE PROCEDURE TO REPROGRAM THE ECM AND TCM ON CERTAIN MODEL VEHICLES. THIS NEW CALIBRATION WILL IMPROVE TRANSMISSION SHIFT CHARACTERISTICS FOR DOWNSHIFT HESITATION, DELAYED SHIFTING, AND SHIFTING AT THE WRONG TIME. *PE

The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.