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Service bulletins for the 2009 Buick Lucerne

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.

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

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PIP5064A2017-08-15. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician that after installing a re-manufactured High Feature V6 engine the vehicle may rough running, idle surge, Check Engine Lamp or Camshaft Position sensor actuator codes. Technician will need to record the actual engine oil pressure at idle and engine compression readings. Technician will need to perform all testing listed in PIP4345A, if oil pressure and compression readings are within specifications. Technician will need to contact General Motors Technical Assistance Center for further assistance if the concern is not isolated.
PIP50642017-08-15. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician that after installing a re-manufactured High Feature V6 engine the vehicle may rough running, idle surge, Check Engine Lamp or Camshaft Position sensor actuator codes. Technician will need to record the actual engine oil pressure at idle and engine compression readings. Technician will need to perform all testing listed in PIP4345A, if oil pressure and compression readings are within specifications. Technician will need to contact General Motors Technical Assistance Center for further assistance if the concern is not isolated.
PIP51632017-08-15. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about engine block of possible cylinder bore damage, scoring or out of round as the possible cause of engine oil consumption, misfire, cylinder leakage or blow by. Technician will need to inspect the engine for Cylinder damage or scoring, An out of round cylinder bore, Dirt intrusion, and Catalytic Converter failure.
06-06-01-010C2017-08-15. Service bulletin. ENGINE. This informational bulletin provides information on close coupled converters and there affect on newly installed engines or engines during there break in period.
PIP52262017-08-15. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about finding needle bearings during an oil change. Technician will gain access to the roller rockers to inspect them. Only replace the roller rocker that is missing needle bearings. Be sure to clean the oil drains to retrieve the needle bearings. Each roller rocker has 66 bearings.
PIP5163A2017-08-15. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about engine block of possible cylinder bore damage, scoring or out of round as the possible cause of engine oil consumption, misfire, cylinder leakage or blow by. Technician will need to inspect the engine for Cylinder damage or scoring, An out of round cylinder bore, Dirt intrusion, and Catalytic Converter failure.
PIP5029G2017-05-16. Service bulletin. ENGINE. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION PROVIDES INFORMATION TO THE TECHNICIAN ABOUT VEHICLES THAT HAVE A MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP ON OR ENGINE MISFIRE, ROUGH IDLE, EXTENDED CRANK, OR CRANK NO START IN SOME CASES. TECHNICIAN WILL NEED TO PERFORM PUBLISHED SERVICE INFORMATION DIAGNOSTICS. IF TECHNICIAN FINDS CARBON, AN UPPER ENGINE AND VALVE CLEANING SHOULD BE PERFORMED.
PIP4786C2016-10-20. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION PROVIDES INFORMATION TO THE TECHNICIAN ABOUT VEHICLES THAT MAY HAVE LOW OIL PRESSURE MESSAGE. TECHNICIAN MAY ALSO FIND A DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE P0521 IN THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE. TECHNICIAN SHOULD FOLLOW ALL PUBLISHED SERVICE INFORMATION DIAGNOSIS. WHEN USING A SCAN TOOL IF THE OIL PRESSURE IS LOW BUT THE OIL PRESSURE AT THE OIL FILTER HOUSING IS CORRECT, TECHNICIAN SHOULD INSPECT THE VALVE LIFTER OIL FILTER FOR DEBRIS/SLUDGE THAT COULD BE RESTRICTING OIL FLOW TO THE OIL PRESSURE SENSOR. TECHNICIAN SHOULD REMOVE THE VALVE LIFTER OIL FILTER AND CLEAN IT. IF THE VALVE LIFTER OIL FILTER CANNOT BE CLEANED REPLACE IT.
PI1394A2016-10-19. Service bulletin. ENGINE. THIS INFORMATIONAL BULLETIN PROVIDES ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON HOW TO INSTALL PISTONS AND SUGGEST WHAT TOOLS TO USE.
030604017I2016-10-18. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL. THIS INFORMATIONAL BULLETIN EXPLAINS THE USE OF DIESEL FUEL ADDITIVES IN AN ENGINE, ARE NOT REQUIRED UNLESS THE CUSTOMER DESIRES ADDITIVES TO PREVENT FUEL CONCERNS DEPENDING ON FUEL OR TEMPERATURE RELATED CONDITIONS.
030603004R2016-10-18. Service bulletin. ENGINE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. THIS INFORMATIONAL BULLETIN PROVIDES INFORMATION ON HOW TO TEST A BATTERY AND WHAT IS NEEDED TO WARRANTY A BATTERY.
000601026I2016-10-18. Service bulletin. ENGINE. THIS INFORMATIONAL BULLETINS PROVIDES INFORMATION ON THE INTAKE MANIFOLD INSPECTION/REPLACEMENT AFTER SERVERE INTERNAL ENGINE DAMAGE.
000601012F2016-10-18. Service bulletin. ENGINE. THIS INFORMATIONAL BULLETIN PROVIDES INFORMATION TO GM DEALERS ON THE CORRECT CLEANING METHODS WHEN CLEANING ENGINE GASKET SEALING SURFACES.
SB-07-06-01-016C2016-08-09. Service bulletin. ENGINE. THIS INFORMATIONAL BULLETIN PROVIDES INFORMATION INTERNAL ENGINE NOISE OR DAMAGE AFTER OIL FILTER REPLACEMENT
RB-152722016-06-22. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.
SB-12-06-04-0032016-04-26. Service bulletin. ENGINE. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.
PIP-5064-B2013-04-10. Service bulletin. ENGINE. BUICK/CHEVROLET/PONTIAC/SATURN: AFTER INSTALLING REMAN HVV6 ENGINE, WOULD BE CONCERN WITH ROUGH RUNNING OR MISFIRE ON ONE OR BOTH BANKS OF ENGINE OR IDLE SURGING. MODELS 2005-11 LUCERNE, RENDEZVOUS, TERRAZA, IMPALA, MALIBU, MONTE CARLO, UPLANDER, G6, MONTANA SV6, AURA, RELAY, VUE. *PE UPDATED 4/9/13. *PE
SB-12-06-04-0032013-02-21. Service bulletin. ENGINE. BUICK/CHEVROLET/PONTIAC: WHEN MESSAGE REDUCED ENGINE POWER IS DISPLAYED, THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP WILL ILLUMINATED DUE TO POSSIBLE CAUSE OF TP SENSOR 1 AND TP SENSOR 2 EXCEEDING CALIBRATED VALUE FOR 2 SECONDS OR MORE. MODELS 2009-11 LUCERNE, 2006-08 MALIBU, 2006-11 IMPALA, 2006-09 G6. *PE 2006-2009 CHEVROLET UPLANDER, 2007-2009 CHEVROLET EQUINOX, 2006-2009 PONTIAC MONTANA SV6, 2007-2009 PONTIAC TORRENT, 2006*-2009 SATURN VUE, 2007 SATURN RELAY, AND 2007-2009 SATURN AURA. *JS
PIT-50282011-03-14. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. PONTIAC/SATURN/BUICK/GMC/CHEVROLET/CADILLAC/HUMMER: VEHICLE START AND STALLS AFTER THEFT DETERRENT MODULE REPLACEMENT. MODEL YEARS 2006-2011. DOES NOT APPLY TO VEHICLES WITH KEYLESS ACCESS SYSTEM. *PE
SB-06-06-04-021A2010-02-17. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. BUICK: MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (IL) - CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON, NO START, NO CRANK, LOSS OF BACKLIGHTING ON PRNDL DISPLAY, AND/OR DTCS P2761, P0712, P0713, P0716, P0717 AND/OR P0748 SET (REPAIR AN RE-REROUTE TRANSMISSION WIRING HARNESSES). *PE
PIC-4874A2009-08-13. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL; TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. GENERAL MOTORS: VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING CONCERNS, AND ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING DTC MAY BE STORED IN VEHICLE. SERVICE STABILITRAK, SERVICE SUSPENSION SYS, SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL MAY BE DISPLAYED ON THE DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER. ENGINE WILL NOT CRANK OVER/START; INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER (IPC) GAUGES ARE INOPERATIVE. *PE
07-06-02-006A2008-08-29. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. COOLANT LEAKING FROM ENGINE (REPLACE COOLANT CROSSOVER PIPE GASKETS). VEHICLES WITH 3.5L OR 3.9L ENGINE. *PE UPDATED ON 5/1/2012. *KB
45592007-08-13. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. ENGINE POWER REDUCED OR STARTING DISABLED SERVICE THROTTLE. *KB UPDATED 11/25/08. *PE

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