{"nhtsa_id":10114201,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-08-15","date":"2013-09-06","document_id":"G-174372","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","mfr_system":null,"summary":"13283 - Service Update. An analysis of engine build data revealed that there could be a durability issue with the engines originally installed in these vehicles. To ensure the highest quality and best ownership experience for our customers, these engines need to be replaced prior to vehicle delivery.This bulletin provides a service procedure to replace the engine assembly on certain vehicles equipped with 4 cylinder engine (RPO LCV or LKW). Due to a casting error, these vehicles may have engine pistons that are dimensionally incorrect. Over time, contact between the cylinder valves and the piston could result in engine noise, rough running and/or bent valves.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10114201-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10114201-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10114201","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"CHEVROLET","model":"MALIBU","year_from":2013,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2013_chevrolet_malibu","2014_chevrolet_malibu"]}],"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":[]}