{"nhtsa_id":10089943,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-01-31","date":"2015-06-04","document_id":"14232A","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM","mfr_system":null,"summary":"14232A - SPECIAL COVERAGE (WARRANTY TRANSACTION INFORMATION REVISED). SOME 2012-2014 MODEL YEAR (MY) BUICK VERANO, 2011-2014 MY CHEVROLET CRUZE AND VOLT, 2010-2014 MY CHEVROLET EQUINOX AND GMC TERRAIN, AND 2013-2014 MY CHEVROLET MALIBU VEHICLES, EQUIPPED WITH ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING (NJ0/NJ1), MAY HAVE INCREASED FRICTION IN THE STEERING SYSTEM. THIS COULD CAUSE THE STEERING WHEEL TO STICK IN THE STRAIGHT-AHEAD POSITION AFTER DRIVING LONG DISTANCES ON A STRAIGHT HIGHWAY. THE STEERING WHEEL CAN BE TURNED BUT IT MAY REQUIRE INCREASED EFFORT. DEALERS ARE TO 1) REPLACE THE STEERING GEAR ON 2010-2012 MODEL YEAR VEHICLES; OR 2) REPROGRAM THE POWER STEERING CONTROL MODULE ON 2013-2014 MODEL YEAR VEHICLES.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10089943","components":[{"id":"steering","name":"Steering","parent":null},{"id":"power-steering","name":"Power steering","parent":"steering"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"BUICK","model":"VERANO","year_from":2012,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_buick_verano","2013_buick_verano","2014_buick_verano"]},{"make":"CHEVROLET","model":"CRUZE","year_from":2011,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2011_chevrolet_cruze","2012_chevrolet_cruze","2013_chevrolet_cruze","2014_chevrolet_cruze"]},{"make":"CHEVROLET","model":"EQUINOX","year_from":2011,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2011_chevrolet_equinox","2012_chevrolet_equinox","2013_chevrolet_equinox","2014_chevrolet_equinox"]},{"make":"CHEVROLET","model":"MALIBU","year_from":2013,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2013_chevrolet_malibu","2014_chevrolet_malibu"]},{"make":"CHEVROLET","model":"VOLT","year_from":2011,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2011_chevrolet_volt","2012_chevrolet_volt","2013_chevrolet_volt","2014_chevrolet_volt"]},{"make":"GMC","model":"TERRAIN","year_from":2010,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2010_gmc_terrain","2011_gmc_terrain","2012_gmc_terrain","2013_gmc_terrain","2014_gmc_terrain"]}],"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":[]}