{"nhtsa_id":10051719,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2013-04-03","date":"2012-10-01","document_id":"12238-D","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":"SB-12238A","component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR","mfr_system":null,"summary":"GENERAL MOTORS: SERVICE UPDATE FOR INVENTORY VEHICLES ONLY LOSS OF BATTERY CHARGE. INSPECT GENERATOR CONTROL MODULE EXPIRES OCTOBER 31, 2013. THIS BULLETIN PROVIDES A SERVICE PROCEDURE TO INSPECT AND REPLACE, IF NECESSARY, THE GENERATOR CONTROL MODULE(GCM). *JS RECEIVED REVISION A AFTER RECEIVING REVISION D. *KB","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10051719","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"alternator","name":"Alternator","parent":"electrical"}],"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":[]}