P0016 on the 2010 Chevrolet Aveo
The bulletins listed name this code in NHTSA's summary, or are about the same components. A bulletin or a recall listed here may apply to the model year. None of it is a diagnosis.
Nobody has written a description of this code yet.
| PIP4543D | 2017-08-15. Service bulletin. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about a concern with diagnostic trouble codes P0011 P0014 P0016 or P0017 in the engine control module after a repair involving the camshaft actuators. There is a unique black plastic oil sleeve that is between the end of the cam actuator and the camshaft. This sleeve directs oil into the actuator to adjust the timing. If the sleeve is damaged or missing, the engine control module cannot control the cam actuator movement and will set the diagnostic trouble codes. |
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| PIP4543C | 2017-08-15. Service bulletin. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about a concern with diagnostic trouble codes P0011, P0014, P0016, or P0017 in the engine control module after a repair involving the camshaft actuators. There is a unique black plastic oil sleeve that is between the end of the cam actuator and the camshaft. This sleeve directs oil into the actuator to adjust the timing. If the sleeve is damaged or missing, the engine control module cannot control the cam actuator movement and will set the diagnostic trouble codes. |
| PIP4543B | 2017-08-15. Service bulletin. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about a concern with diagnostic trouble codes P0011, P0014, P0016, or P0017 in the engine control module after a repair involving the camshaft actuators. There is a unique black plastic oil sleeve that is between the end of the cam actuator and the camshaft. This sleeve directs oil into the actuator to adjust the timing. If the sleeve is damaged or missing, the engine control module cannot control the cam actuator movement and will set the diagnostic trouble codes. |
| PIP-4543-B | 2013-04-22. Service bulletin. CHEVROLET/PONTIAC/SATURN: AFTER REMOVAL OR REPLACEMENT OF CAM ACTUATOR, BY TECHNICIAN, ONE OR MORE DTCS IN ECM, P0011, P0014, P0016, P0017 ARE CAUSED BY MISSING ACTUATOR OIL SLEEVE. MODELS 2012 SONIC, 2011-2012 CRUZE, 2009-2011 AVEO, 2009-2010, WAVE, G3, 2008-2009 ASTRA. *PE |
4 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19. See them in the bulletin list. A bulletin lists model years: read the document for which vehicles it concerns.