{"nhtsa_id":10045344,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2012-08-28","date":"2012-08-01","document_id":"PIP-5049","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION","mfr_system":null,"summary":"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","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10045344","components":[{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null},{"id":"manual-transmission","name":"Manual transmission","parent":"powertrain"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"CHEVROLET","model":"CRUZE","year_from":2011,"year_to":2012,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2011_chevrolet_cruze","2012_chevrolet_cruze"]},{"make":"CHEVROLET","model":"SONIC","year_from":2012,"year_to":2012,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_chevrolet_sonic"]}],"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":[]}