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Service bulletins for the 2012 Chevrolet Sonic

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.

1589 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

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PI-13292015-03-27. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION. BUICK/CHEVROLET: VEHICLE POWERS UP, WHETHER KEY IN IGNITION OR LEFT IN IGNITION, WITH CRANKING AND/OR CRANKING OF THE ENGINE AND MAKES WARNING CHIME INOPERATIVE. MODEL 2012-15 ENCORE, CRUZE, SONIC, TRAX. *PE
PI-12352014-10-11. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. GENERAL MOTORS: DUE TO LOOSE GROUND TERMINAL CONNECTIONS, IN SOME VEHICLES AND TRUCKS EXPERIENCE, ACCESSORIES MALFUNCTIONS, DIC MESSAGES, IPC WARNING INDICATORS, SES LIGHT ON. *PE
PI-11812014-04-10. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. GM: INFORMATION CONCERNING THE REPLACEMENT OF THE OIL PAN HEATER CORD. IF THE HEATER CORD NEEDS TO BE REPLACED THEN COMPLETE BATTERY HARNESS MUST BE REPLACED. *JS
PIC-5813-A2013-09-30. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS. GM: PROCEDURE REPAIR. THERE MAY BE LOOSE OR BENT TERMINALS IN THE IP FUSE BLOCK. ALSO INCLUDED BUICK ENCORE, CHEVROLET SONIC, CHEVROLET TRAX (ONLY CANADA). MODEL YEAR 2014. *JS
PIC-58792013-08-02. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. GM: DIAGNOSTIC TIP FOR MANY DIFFERENT ELECTRICAL COMPLAINTS. *JS
SB12-08-132-001A2013-07-09. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. GENERAL MOTORS: ON SOME TRUCKS AND PASSENGER VEHICLES, ACCESSORY POWER OUTLETS (APO) AND TRAILER LIGHTING ARE COMMON ACCESSED ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS THAT ARE AFFECTED BY DEVICES THAT ARE PLUGGED IN AND BECOME INOPERATIVE DUE TO AN OPEN FUSE AND NO PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE IDENTIFIED. MODELS YEARS 2010-2014 TRUCKS AND PASSENGER. NO MODELS. *PE
PI-08912013-04-10. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES. CHEVROLET: STARTED CABLE, ON BATTERY, NEEDS TO BE BENT AT LEAST 90 DEGREES INWARD, WHEN REPLACING STARTER P/N55576954. MODEL 2012-2013 SONIC. *PE
PIT5074F2012-05-24. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. GM: J-35616-64B TERMINAL TEST PROBE AND REPLACEMENT TERMINAL. ALSO INCLUDED MODELS VERANO, REGAL, LACROSSE, CTS, SRX, VOLT, SONIC, MALIBU, IMPALA, EQUINOX, CRUZE, AVALANCHE, TAHOE SUBURBAN, SILVERADO, SIERRA, YUKON, AND TERRAIN FOR MODEL YEAR 2013. MODEL ESCALADE MODEL YEAR 2012-2013. MODEL PONTIAC G3 MODEL YEAR 2007. MODEL WAVE MODEL YEARS 2005-2010. DENALI MODELS MODEL YEARS 2007-2013. *JS
PIC5574A2012-05-02. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE. GM:A CUSTOMER MAY EXPERIENCE A NO CRANK OR NO START. THE DEALER MY FIN MULTIPLE COMMUNICATION CODES IN HISTORY OR THEY MAY BE UNABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH CERTAIN MODULES. *JS
PIC-56152012-04-04. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS. CHEVROLET: THE IPC MAY BE INTERMITTENTLY INOPERATIVE WHILE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WORKS. *PE UPDATED 4/22/13. *PE

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