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Service bulletins for the 2012 Chevrolet Cruze

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.

1816 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

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Only bulletins with component: Manual transmission are shown. Show all

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PIE0298A2024-04-15. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. Engineering Information
PIE02982024-04-15. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. Engineering Information
15NA0732024-02-12. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION:INTERNAL:GEARS. Difficult to Shift and/or Hard to Get into Gear
990420002L2021-08-09. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; EQUIPMENT. This service bulletin provides information on Driveline Clunk Noise and what is acceptable and what is considered normal operation.
030729004L2019-05-20. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION; EQUIPMENT. This informational bulletin provides normal operating characteristics and diagnostic information on Manual transmissions.
PI0421C2018-05-21. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY:MASTER CYLINDER; POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION; EQUIPMENT. This preliminary information bulletin provides a procedure to remove and replace the clutch actuator cylinder elbow seal for concerns regarding a fluid leak after clutch actuator replacement.
03-07-29-004J2018-05-21. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. This informational bulletin provides technicians with information to assist in identifying operating characteristics of manual transmissions that repair attempts will not change.
147482017-01-31. Service bulletin. PARKING BRAKE; POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. "14748 - SPECIAL COVERAGE. GM HAS RECEIVED A SMALL NUMBER OF REPORTS REGARDING 2011-2012 MODEL YEAR CHEVROLET CRUZE VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A MANUAL TRANSMISSION (RPO MZ0, MF3 OR MR5) EXPERIENCING UNINTENDED MOVEMENT AFTER BEING PARKED ON AN INCLINED SURFACE. THE AFFECTED VEHICLES ARE EQUIPPED WITH A SELF-ADJUST PARK-BRAKE SYSTEM. THE SELF-ADJUSTING PARK-BRAKE SYSTEM ON THESE VEHICLES MEETS ALL RELEVANT REGULATORY STANDARDS FOR PARK-BRAKE PERFORMANCE. BUT IF A DRIVER PARKS A VEHICLE WITH THESE FEATURES ON A SLOPE AND EXITS THE VEHICLE WITHOUT (I) FIRMLY ENGAGING THE PARK BRAKE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OWNER’S MANUAL INSTRUCTIONS AND (II) ENGAGING THE TRANSMISSION IN GEAR, THE VEHICLE COULD ROLL AWAY AND CAUSE A CRASH. TO HELP ENSURE THAT THE CONDITION DESCRIBED ABOVE DOES NOT OCCUR, GM IS SENDING LETTERS TO ALL INVOLVED CUSTOMERS TO REMIND THEM OF THE CORRECT PROCEDURE FOR PARKING THEIR VEHICLE, AS SPECIFIED IN THE VEHICLE’S OWNER MANUAL. "
147732017-01-30. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. 14773 - SPECIAL COVERAGE. SOME 2011-2012 MODEL YEAR CHEVROLET CRUZE VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 1.8L ENGINE MAY BE MISSING A SHIFT-CABLE GROMMET AT THE TRANSMISSION END DUE TO CONTACT WITH ENGINE COOLANT FROM A LEAKING THERMOSTAT HOUSING. IF PRESENT, THE DRIVER MAY NOTICE AN IRREGULAR OR LOOSE FEEL TO THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION GEAR-SELECTOR LEVER. SHIFTING GEARS MAY BE HARD, AND THE LEVER COULD BIND OR COULD LOCK IN ONE POSITION. DEALERS ARE TO INSPECT FOR A THERMOSTAT HOUSING LEAK. IF A LEAK IS FOUND THE ENGINE THERMOSTAT HOUSING AND THE SHIFTER CABLE ADJUSTER BODY SHOULD BE REPLACED.
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.
PIE0298A2016-06-22. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.
PIE02982016-06-22. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.
SB-PIE-02302016-06-13. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.
PIP5242A2016-06-13. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.
PIP52422016-06-13. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.
PI1175B2016-06-09. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.
PI1175A2016-06-09. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.
PI11752016-06-09. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.
PIE-0298-A2014-10-15. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. CHEVROLET: WHEN SHIFTING, TRANSMISSION IS HARD TO SHIFT INTO GEAR, WOULD HAVE A GRINDING OR BINDING WHEN SHIFTING, THERE IS NOISE, CLUTCH ODOR OR SLIPPING OR A CLUTCH PEDAL NOISE, WHILE SHIFTING. MODEL 2012-2014 CRUZE, SONIC. *PE
PIP-50492012-08-28. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. GENERAL MOTORS: DIFFICULT TO GET INTO OR OUT OF GEAR EXCESSIVE FREE PLAY IN THE SHIFTER. THE CONDITION CAN BE CAUSED BY A NUT THAT HAS COME LOOSE ON THE SHIFT TOWER ( SEE ITEM 2 LOCATED UNDER PLUG ITEM 1). *JS
PIE-0197B2012-05-02. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. BUICK/CHEVROLET: MANUAL TRANSMISSION SHIFT LEVER CONCERNS - LOOSE, NOISE WHEN SHIFTED, HARD TO SHIFT INTO GEAR OR PROPER GEAR NOT SELECTED WHEN SHIFTED. *KB

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