{"nhtsa_id":10090080,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-02-01","date":"2015-03-05","document_id":"14327","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STEERING","mfr_system":null,"summary":"14327 - SPECIAL COVERAGE. SOME VEHICLES MAY HAVE BEEN BUILT WITHOUT A STEERING GEAR UMBRELLA SEAL. WITHOUT THE SEAL, WATER AND DIRT MAY ENTER THE SYSTEM AND COULD CAUSE THE RACK AND PINION PARTS TO CORRODE. IF CORROSION EXISTS, THE “FEEL” OF THE STEERING WHEEL WILL BE LOOSE. IF THE SYSTEM IS NOT SERVICED WHEN THE PARTS BECOME LOOSE TO THE FEEL, THEN THE PARTS COULD FAIL, RESULTING IN THE STEERING WHEEL SPINNING FREELY. DEALERS ARE TO REPLACE THE STEERING GEAR.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10090080","components":[{"id":"steering","name":"Steering","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"CHEVROLET","model":"MALIBU","year_from":2004,"year_to":2005,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2004_chevrolet_malibu","2005_chevrolet_malibu"]},{"make":"CHEVROLET","model":"MALIBU MAXX","year_from":2004,"year_to":2005,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2004_chevrolet_malibu","2005_chevrolet_malibu"]},{"make":"PONTIAC","model":"G6","year_from":2005,"year_to":2005,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2005_pontiac_g6"]}],"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":[]}