{"nhtsa_id":10078718,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2016-08-16","date":"2016-04-15","document_id":"PIP-5390","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION","mfr_system":null,"summary":"THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION ADVISES THE TECHNICIAN THAT THE MALIBU 5ET50 HYBRID TRANSMISSION AND TRANSMISSION COMPONENTS HAVE A PART RESTRICTION PROGRAM. THE TECHNICIAN WILL NEED TO CALL GENERAL MOTORS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER (TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER) FOR FURTHER ASSISTANCE.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10078718","components":[{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null},{"id":"automatic-transmission","name":"Automatic transmission","parent":"powertrain"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"CHEVROLET","model":"MALIBU","year_from":2016,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_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":[]}