{"nhtsa_id":10090101,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-02-01","date":"2015-03-04","document_id":"14882","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"14882 - SPECIAL COVERAGE. CERTAIN VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 2.4L ENGINE (LAF, LEA OR LUK) THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED HIGH OIL CONSUMPTION MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE A FROZEN AND/OR PLUGGED PCV (POSITIVE CRANKCASE VENTILATION) SYSTEM DURING COLD WEATHER OPERATION. THIS CONDITION MAY INCREASE CRANKCASE PRESSURE LEADING TO A REAR CRANKSHAFT SEAL OIL LEAK. IF THE OIL LEAK IS IGNORED OR NOT NOTICED, AN ENGINE CLATTER NOISE MAY BE NOTICEABLE AND/OR THE ENGINE PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT MAY ILLUMINATE. IF THIS CONDITION IS NOT CORRECTED, CONTINUED DRIVING WITH ENGINE NOISE AND/OR THE ENGINE OIL PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED MAY DAMAGE THE ENGINE. DEALERS ARE TO PERFORM A CRANKCASE PRESSURE CHECK, AND IF REQUIRED, REMOVE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD AND CLEAR THE PCV ORIFICE.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10090101","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"BUICK","model":"LACROSSE","year_from":2010,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2010_buick_lacrosse","2011_buick_lacrosse","2012_buick_lacrosse","2013_buick_lacrosse"]},{"make":"BUICK","model":"REGAL","year_from":2011,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2011_buick_regal","2012_buick_regal","2013_buick_regal"]},{"make":"BUICK","model":"VERANO","year_from":2012,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_buick_verano","2013_buick_verano"]},{"make":"CHEVROLET","model":"CAPTIVA","year_from":2011,"year_to":2013,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"CHEVROLET","model":"EQUINOX","year_from":2010,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2010_chevrolet_equinox","2011_chevrolet_equinox","2012_chevrolet_equinox","2013_chevrolet_equinox","2014_chevrolet_equinox"]},{"make":"CHEVROLET","model":"MALIBU","year_from":2013,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2013_chevrolet_malibu"]},{"make":"CHEVROLET","model":"ORLANDO","year_from":2012,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_chevrolet_orlando","2013_chevrolet_orlando"]},{"make":"GMC","model":"TERRAIN","year_from":2010,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2010_gmc_terrain","2011_gmc_terrain","2012_gmc_terrain","2013_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":[]}