{"nhtsa_id":10013145,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2005-04-11","date":"2004-07-28","document_id":"07282004","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:LOCK","mfr_system":null,"summary":"REAR LIFT GATE CLOSING EFFORT IS TOO HIGH. *EH","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10013145","components":[{"id":"latches-locks","name":"Latches and locks","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"CHEVROLET","model":"MALIBU","year_from":2004,"year_to":2005,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2004_chevrolet_malibu","2005_chevrolet_malibu"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"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.","attribution":[]}