{"nhtsa_id":10089834,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-01-30","date":"2015-08-28","document_id":"15356","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM","mfr_system":null,"summary":"15356 - SPECIAL COVERAGE. ON SOME 2007-2012 MODEL YEAR CHEVROLET MALIBU, PONTIAC G6, AND SATURN AURA VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH ELECTRIC POWER STEERING ASSIST (EPS), THE STEERING COLUMN TORQUE SENSOR OR THE EPS MOTOR/CONTROLLER MAY CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO SUDDENLY LOSE EPS. IF THE VEHICLE LOSES EPS, THE VEHICLE’S DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER WILL DISPLAY A WARNING MESSAGE AND A WARNING CHIME WILL BE HEARD. THE VEHICLE WILL REVERT TO A MANUAL STEERING MODE, WHICH REQUIRES GREATER DRIVER EFFORT TO OPERATE AT LOW VEHICLE SPEEDS. DEALERS ARE TO REPLACE THE STEERING COLUMN TORQUE SENSOR OR EPS MOTOR/CONTROLLER BASED ON DTC. THE REPAIRS WILL BE MADE AT NO CHARGE TO THE CUSTOMER.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10089834","components":[{"id":"steering","name":"Steering","parent":null},{"id":"power-steering","name":"Power steering","parent":"steering"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"CHEVROLET","model":"MALIBU","year_from":2007,"year_to":2012,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2007_chevrolet_malibu","2008_chevrolet_malibu","2009_chevrolet_malibu","2010_chevrolet_malibu","2011_chevrolet_malibu","2012_chevrolet_malibu"]},{"make":"PONTIAC","model":"G6","year_from":2007,"year_to":2010,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2007_pontiac_g6","2008_pontiac_g6","2009_pontiac_g6","2010_pontiac_g6"]},{"make":"SATURN","model":"AURA","year_from":2007,"year_to":2010,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2007_saturn_aura","2008_saturn_aura","2009_saturn_aura","2010_saturn_aura"]}],"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":[]}