Service bulletins for the 2012 Buick Verano
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.
1487 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
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| PIP4495F | 2018-08-06. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; ENGINE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have a loud tick or rattle noise under the hood at all operating conditions. Technician will need to check the lower and oil pressure to the upper end oil pressure. Technician will need to inspect the oil feed orifice in the cylinder head. Technician will clean out and debris found in the orifice. |
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| PIC5953D | 2018-08-06. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that may have an issue when using Bluetooth voice recognition with an iPhone. Technician should work with the customer to insure the phone contacts to not have any Emojis loaded to any contact. |
| PI1322 | 2018-06-25. Service bulletin. STEERING. This preliminary bulletin provides information on a possible normal condition for a sticking feel in steering wheel after drive for long periods. |
| 10-08-110-001B | 2018-06-25. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. This informational bulletin provides information on how to use floor mats. |
| 11-08-49-001L | 2018-06-25. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT. This technical bulletin provides a procedure on how to turn the transport mode message of and reset the battery light flashing. |
| 10-08-44-006C | 2018-06-25. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. This informational bulletin provides the technician on what to do if the customer has a navagation concern and submit a feedback form to the GM navigation disc center website. |
| 05-06-04-022K | 2018-06-25. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE. This informational bulletin provides information on top tier fuels and what brands are available. |
| 07-00-89-036G | 2018-06-25. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. This informational bulletin ask the dealers for digital pictures to better enhance field reports only. |
| 10-00-89-006E | 2018-06-25. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. This information bulletin provides the dealers on how to submit a product information report. |
| 02-00-89-002N | 2018-06-25. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. This informational bulletin provides additional information to the technicians and how to submit a field product report. |
| PIT5399A | 2018-06-18. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about connectivity concerns when connecting an Apple device via USB cord. Technician should insure the customer is using an original equipment manufacturer Apple USB cable. |
| PIP5569 | 2018-06-18. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; EQUIPMENT. This Preliminary information communicates to the dealer an issue where the vehicle's engine may crank over unprompted and not start afterward. This is the result of hooking up the Active Fuel Injector Tool incorrectly on vehicles equipped with a direct fuel injection system. This Preliminary information instructs the dealer ofa repair kit they received that will prevent this issue when installed correctly. |
| PIP5338B | 2018-06-18. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; EQUIPMENT; SUSPENSION. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vibration complaints that are one of the most challenging complaints to accurately diagnose and repair. Technician will need to use Pico Oscilloscope Diagnostic Kit to effectively diagnosis vehicles. Technician should drive the vehicle will using the Pico Oscilloscope to record data. After the data is recorded it should be reviewed to determine the root cause of the concern. If a repair attempt made the concern better but not eliminated or had no affect at all, and are requesting assistance from General Motors Technical Assistance Center record another Pico file and save it to the computer. After the new Pico Oscilloscope data has been saved email the data to General Motors Technical Assistance Center in the subject line include “Vibration” “Business Associate Code” and the last 8 of the Vehicle Identification Number. |
| 99-01-39-004F | 2018-06-11. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. This technical bulletin provides a procedure to correct the customers concern of odor coming from the Air conditioning. |
| 00-06-01-012E | 2018-06-11. Service bulletin. ENGINE; EQUIPMENT. This information bulletin provides the technician the information on how to properly clean a metal surface using the correct tool. |
| 12-03-10-001B | 2018-06-11. Service bulletin. TIRES; WHEELS:RIM. This informational bulletin provides technicians with ways to decrease the tire slipping on the rim and reduce to possible chances of the customers concerns over tire vibration are repair. |
| 12-09-41-002B | 2018-06-11. Service bulletin. SEATS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; AIR BAGS. The informational bulletin explains how items on the passenger seat may cause the PPS to chime or the passenger airbag light turns on if electronic devices or conductive objects are placed on the seat. |
| PI0865D | 2018-06-11. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:PRESSURE RELIEF DEVICES; ENGINE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE. This preliminary information bulletin provides a information and a procedure on the 2.4L ecotec engine. |
| 99-08-51-001D | 2018-06-11. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE; EQUIPMENT. Thins informational bulletin provides information on Paint-less Dent Repair Process. |
| 17-NA-211 | 2018-06-11. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. This informational bulletin provides to the technician, locations to check for possible loose or damaged electrical connections that may set a DTC instead of just replacing a part. |
| 00-00-89-027H | 2018-06-11. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. This informational bulletin provides information on what products GM has to aid in the eliminating unwanted odors in a vehicle. |
| 02-00-89-002M | 2018-06-11. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. This informational bulletin provides additional information to the technicians and how to submit a field product report. |
| PI0938A | 2018-06-11. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC). This preliminary bulletin provides information on what labor operation number to use for various electrical/electronic control issues. |
| 10-00-89-006D | 2018-06-11. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. This information bulletin provides the dealers on how to submit a product information report. |
| 10-08-46-001B | 2018-06-11. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM(GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM). This Technical bulletin provides a procedure to request a hard mute from Onstar when navigation is annoucing directions and to correct the customers concern of the radio being loud during navigation. |
The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.