{"nhtsa_id":10044385,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2012-06-18","date":"2013-03-01","document_id":"PIP-4989-B","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":"PIP-4989-C","component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR","mfr_system":null,"summary":"BUICK/CHEVROLET: ON CERTAIN EASSIST VEHICLES, BELT FOR THE DRIVE MOTOR GENERATOR MAY BE NOISY, BROKEN, MISALIGNED OR WORN, RESULTING IN A NO CHARGE CONCERN WITH THE MESSAGE, BATTERY SAVER ILLUMINATED. *PE UPDATED ON 5/9/2013. *KB","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10044385","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null},{"id":"battery","name":"12-volt battery","parent":"electrical"},{"id":"alternator","name":"Alternator","parent":"electrical"},{"id":"drive-belt","name":"Drive belts","parent":"engine"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"BUICK","model":"LACROSSE","year_from":2012,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_buick_lacrosse","2013_buick_lacrosse"]},{"make":"BUICK","model":"REGAL","year_from":2012,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_buick_regal","2013_buick_regal"]},{"make":"CHEVROLET","model":"MALIBU","year_from":2013,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2013_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":[]}