Service bulletins for the 2013 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.
1726 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
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| PI1297B | 2015-05-08. Service bulletin. ENGINE. GENERAL MOTORS: 2013-2015 BUICK ENCORE, CADILLAC ELR, CHEVROLET CRUZE, SONIC, TRAX, VOLT EQUIPPED WITH 1.4L ENGINE(RPO LUV OR LUU). CONCERN OF A CHIRP NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE ONCE VEHICLE HAS WARMED UP. *LJ |
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| 14371B | 2015-05-07. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. GENERAL MOTORS: 2011-2014 CHEVROLET CRUZE CHEVROLET SONIC/ W 1.4L ENGINE(RPO LUJ OR LUV): SOME MODEL VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE ENGINE COOLANT LEAK FROM THE WATER PUMP. THIS COULD REDUCE COOLANT PERFORMANCE AND CAUSE OVERHEATING. *LJ SEE DOCUMENT SEARCH BUTTON FOR OWNERS LETTER. *LJ |
| PI-1366 | 2015-01-14. Service bulletin. ENGINE. BUICK/CHEVROLET: DUE TO LOSS OF WASTEGATE PRELOAD, THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP IS ILLUMINATED AND DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE (DTC) P0299 (ENGINE UNDERBOOST) IS SET AND WEAR IN WASTE ACTUATOR ROD END TO PIN JOINT IS NORMAL. MODEL 2013-2015 ENCORE, SONIC, TRAX, 2011-2015 CRUZE. *PE |
| PIE-0289 | 2014-04-10. Service bulletin. ENGINE. SOME MAY COMPLAIN ABOUT REDUCED ENGINE POWER AND/OR A REDUCED ENGINE POWER MESSAGE BEING DISPLAYED ON THE DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER. ENGINEERS NEED TO GATHER THE VEHICLES' INFORMATION PRIOR TO ANY ATTEMPT TO MAKE REPAIRS IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE. *JS |
| PI-0907-B | 2013-12-05. Service bulletin. ENGINE. BUICK/CHEVROLET: ON CERTAIN VEHICLES, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON WITH DTC P1101 SET. MODEL 2011-2013 CRUZE, SONIC, TRAX, 2013 ENCORE. *PE |
| RB-13043 | 2013-06-26. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL. CHEVROLET: RECALL BULLETIN. SEE DOCUMENT SEARCH BUTTON FOR OWNER LETTER. ON SOME VEHICLES, AT TIME OF MANUFACTURING, WERE BUILT WITH INCORRECT VEHICLE EMISSION CONTROL LABEL, IDENTIFYING VEHICLE AS FLEXIBLE FUEL. MODELS 2013 TRAX, SONIC. *PE |
| PI0715 | 2012-05-24. Service bulletin. ENGINE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. GM: ENGINE RATTLE/KNOCK NOISE, LOOSE OR BROKEN FRONT CRANKSHAFT PULLEY BOLT AND/OR FLYWHEEL BOLTS. ALSO INCLUDED BUICK ENCORE, CHEVROLET SONIC, AND CHEVROLET TRAX. MODEL YEAR 2014. *JS UPDATED 09/30/2013 *JS UPDATED 2/5/16. *PE |
The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.