{"nhtsa_id":10089895,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-01-30","date":"2015-07-30","document_id":"15289","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"SUSPENSION:FRONT; EQUIPMENT","mfr_system":null,"summary":"15289 - SPECIAL COVERAGE. ON SOME 2008-2009 MODEL YEAR PONTIAC G8 VEHICLES, THE BOOTS ON THE FRONT-LOWER-CONTROL-ARMS CAN BECOME RIGID IN COLD WEATHER, WHICH CAN ALLOW WATER TO ENTER THE JOINT AND CORRODE THE SURFACE OF THE BALL JOINT. IF THIS CONDITION OCCURS, A LOUD METALLIC RATTLE CAN BE HEARD FROM THE FRONT SUSPENSION WHEN DRIVING ON ROUGH ROAD SURFACES. DEALERS ARE TO INSPECT THE FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINTS FOR FREE-PLAY AND REPLACE THE CONTROL ARMS AS REQUIRED.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10089895","components":[{"id":"equipment","name":"Equipment and accessories","parent":null},{"id":"suspension","name":"Suspension","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"PONTIAC","model":"G8","year_from":2008,"year_to":2009,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2008_pontiac_g8","2009_pontiac_g8"]}],"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":[]}