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Service bulletins for the 2018 Buick Regal

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.

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

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Bulletins, newest first
PIP56282019-03-11. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. This Preliminary information communicates information that will need to be provided to TAC to aid in diagnosing if a vehicle comes in with misfire and DTC Codes P0300 - P0308 and/or P050D
PIP56232019-03-11. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. This Preliminary information communicates that a rotational clicking noise heard after engine shut down is a design characteristic and no repairs should be attempted.
PIC5822F2018-12-17. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; STRUCTURE. This Preliminary Information communication provides the technician with the steps to diagnose and repair the concern of mildew odor or water on front floor on either side of the vehicle. Technician will gain access to the front wheelhouse of the affected side. The front wheel house flange may have a void in the sealer causing water to leak through and accumulate on the floor or wet carpet will be found. A thumb grade sealer will need to be placed in the void to prevent the water leak into the cabin.
PIT5353C2018-12-17. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about what XM offerings are available for vehicles. A dealer or customer can access the website listed below for vehicle specific XM offerings and availability.
PIP5568C2018-12-17. Service bulletin. ENGINE. This Preliminary information communicates there is an investigation into cause and correction for this group of DTC's setting together. (P0011, P0014, P0021, P0024). Revised to include the possibility of setting in pairs and some drivability concerns.
180572018-12-10. Service bulletin. CHILD SEAT:TETHER: STRAP/WEBBING; EQUIPMENT. 18057 - Customer Satisfaction Program. Certain vehicles may be missing the child seat top tether anchor label on the center rear seat. The owner?s manual references three top tether anchor labels on the back side of the rear seats. Replace the center seat back cover with a new seat back cover that includes the top tether anchor label.
PIP56012018-11-13. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. This Preliminary information communicates
PIC63402018-11-13. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This Preliminary information communicates information to not replace any parts for Favorites unavailable message intermittently. This PI will be deleted and a bulletin created when new software is available.
PIT4945G2018-11-13. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; EQUIPMENT. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician being unable to program fobs to the vehicle. Technician will need to ensure the key FOB is a new unit and has not been programmed to another vehicle previously.
PIT5099D2018-11-13. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that the Heater-Vent-Air Conditioning blows warm air. Before calling General Motors Technical Assistance Center technician will need to have high and low pressures, outside temperature, humidity, and vent temperature.
PIP5486F2018-11-13. Service bulletin. ENGINE. This Preliminary information communicates possible concerns and a diagnostic strategy to locate and repair various noises within the engine as well as some misfire causes.
PIP5534A2018-11-13. Service bulletin. ENGINE. This Preliminary information communicates additional diagnostics to assist the dealer technician with diagnosing and repairing trouble code P2097.
PIP55972018-11-13. Service bulletin. ENGINE; EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS. This Preliminary information communicates to the technician where to find the engine identification tag and what information on that tag to use during programming of someengine control modules.
PIP55962018-11-13. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP. This Preliminary information communicates that when removing the fuel line jumper hose care should be taken to be sure the line is reinstalled correctly to avoid a no/low fuel pressure situation.
182482018-11-13. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL. 18248 - Service Update - Certain 2018 Buick Regal vehicles with C4 clusters and RPO IOT radios do not provide a ?Speed Sign? in the cluster display. This feature needs to be calibrated onto the radio. Vehicle needs to be re-calibrated to add ?Speed Sign? to IOT radio.
182472018-11-13. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL. 18247 - Service Update - Certain vehicles with C3 clusters and RPO IOS radios show speed limit signs with ??? as the posted speed on the cluster. It does not state the actual speed limit on the road and should be recalibrated to remove from display. Vehicle needs to be re-calibrated to remove ?Speed Sign? because IOS radios do not support this feature.
182292018-10-09. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. Certain 2018 model year Buick Regal vehicles may have a condition where they were built with rear differential modules (RDM) which have one suspect bolt hole with a shallower depth than the rest of the bolt holes, causing the one bolt to bottom out and not fully seat. This can result in the RDM cover becoming loose, which could result in fluid loss and diagnostic trouble code (DTC) C0407-64 setting. The AWD SERVICE message could be displayed on the driver?s information center, (DIC). Replace rear differential module (RDM).
PIP4902K2018-09-17. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; EQUIPMENT. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician that General Motors Technical Assistance Center may ask for Global Diagnostic System 2 Session Log. Technician will need use Global Diagnostic System 2 to send the session logs to General Motors Technical Assistance Center for further assistance on the vehicle in question.
PIC5779J2018-09-17. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; EQUIPMENT. This Preliminary Information communication provides the technician with information on the proper washing of the bright aluminum moldings to avoid the moldings from getting damaged. It is recommended that a non-alkaline solution be used for preparation & washing of the bright aluminum moldings.
PIP5486D2018-09-17. Service bulletin. ENGINE. This Preliminary information communicates possible concerns and a diagnostic strategy to locate and repair various noises within the engine as well as some misfire causes.
PIP5095F2018-09-17. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have a Service Engine Soon and may also have an oil or coolant leak. Technician may find coolant or oil in a spark plug tube. If the Spark Plug Tube is leaking and it is determined that the oil or coolant is not coming from a leak above the spark plug then replace the cylinder Head, spark plug and coil.
PIP5163D2018-09-17. Service bulletin. ENGINE. 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.
PIP5568B2018-08-20. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. This Preliminary information communicates there is an investigation into cause and correction for this group of DTC's setting together. (P0011, P0014, P0021, P0024).
PIP5402D2018-08-20. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. This Preliminary Information communication provides the technician with the diagnosis and repair steps for a vehicle with a check engine light on with Diagnostic Trouble Code P015B or a reduced engine power message with Diagnostic Trouble Code P1101. Technician should look for a missing or damaged O-ring seal in the charge air cooler coupler.
PIC6095C2018-08-20. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician on how to tell the difference between the integrated center stack, the radio, the human machine interface, and the vehicle communication interface module. There are pictures of all the individual modules for identification purposes.

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