{"nhtsa_id":10118263,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-10-04","date":"2017-06-14","document_id":"PIP5502","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"EQUIPMENT","mfr_system":null,"summary":"This Preliminary information communicates to the technician, the need to replace the crankshaft balancer when replacing the front crankshaft oil seal for an oil leak. The technician is advised that the crankshaft balancer may cause a repeat oil leak issue.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10118263-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10118263-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10118263","components":[{"id":"equipment","name":"Equipment and accessories","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"CHEVROLET","model":"MALIBU","year_from":2016,"year_to":2017,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_chevrolet_malibu","2017_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":[]}