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: Transmission and driveline are shown. Show all

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SC-14773	2015-11-12. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. CHEVROLET: TSB CONTAINS AN OWNER'S NOTIFICATION LETTER. AN IRREGULAR OR LOOSE FEELING TO AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION GEAR SELECTOR LEVER IS DUE TO MISSING SHIFT CABLE GROMMET AT TRANSMISSION END BEING IN CONTACT WITH ENGINE COOLANT DUE TO THERMOSTAT HOUSING LEAKING. MODEL 2011-12 CRUZE. *PE
PIE-0298-A	2014-10-15. 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
PI0928	2013-05-02. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. GM: SOME CUSTOMERS MAY REPORT A BUMP, SURGE OR VIBRATION AT IDLE WITH THEIR FOOT ON THE BRAKE. *JS
PI-0230	2013-04-17. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT. BUICK/CHEVROLET: THERE IS AN OIL/FLUID LEAKAGE UNDER FRONT OF VEHICLE, POSSIBLY FROM WHEEL DRIVE SHAFT SEALS, AND ENGINEERING IS TRYING TO DETERMINE ROOT CAUSE OF LEAKAGE. MODELS 2011-2013 REGAL, CRUZE, 2012-2013 VERANO, SONIC. *PE
PIP-5049	2012-08-28. 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-0197B	2012-05-02. 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
PI0670B	2012-05-01. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT. GM: DIAGNOSTIC TIPS FOR DTC P0776, SLIPS WHEN REVERSE IS SELECTED OR NO REVERSE. SLIP OR FLARE WHEN SHIFTING INTO THIRD/ FIFTH GEAR OR NO THIRD/FIFTH GEAR. ALSO INCLUDED MODEL CHEVROLET CAPTIVA SPORT MODEL YEAR 2012. MODEL CHEVROLET ORLANDO (CANADA) MODEL YEAR 2012. *JS
PI-0324-C	2012-04-17. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. GMC/CHEVROLET/BUICK: TRANSMISSION PUMP NEEDS INSPECTING DUE TO ENGINE CRANKING BUT FAILS TO START, HAS NO FORWARD, NO REVERSE, TRANSMISSION LEAKS, HARD SHIFT AND NO CRANKING. PE UPDATED 2/25/13. PE UPDATED 1/29/2014 *JS
PI-0670	2012-04-17. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. GMC/BUICK/CHEVROLET: TRANSMISSION SLIPS WHEN IN REVERSE OR NOT IN REVERSE, 3RD GEAR OR NO 3RD GEAR, FLARE SHIFTING TO 5TH OR NO 5TH GEAR. PE UPDATED 4/17/12. PE
PIP-4624-M	2012-04-05. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. CHEVROLET/BUICK/GMC: RESTRICTION, THROUGH THE PQC, HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE VALVE CONTROL SOLENOID (TEHCM) P/N 24256524 AND 24265367, TO ASSIST ENGINEERING FEEDBACK PRODUCT. *PE
PI-0640	2012-04-04. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. CHEVROLET: THERE IS A SLIGHT HESITATION AFTER VEHICLE HAS STOPPED AND PROCEEDS TO MOVE WHEN PRESSING ON ACCELERATOR PEDAL, WHICH FEELS LIKE A BUMP OR JERKING MOTION. *PE
PIP-4990	2012-03-13. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. BUICK/CHEVROLET/GMC/PONTIAC/SATURN: SOME MODEL YEAR VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE SERVICE ENGINE SOON (SES) LAMP ILLUMINATED. ISSUE MAY BE CAUSED BY THE CONTROL SOLENOID/MODULE ASSEMBLY OR MAY HAVE DAMAGED OR POOR TERMINALS FOR UNDER HOOD FUSE BLOCK. *PE

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