{"nhtsa_id":10118964,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-10-15","date":"2016-09-22","document_id":"16-NA-318","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STEERING","mfr_system":null,"summary":"This technical bulletin provide a procedure to replace both the intermediate steering shaft boots (seals) and the steering gear to correct a customer concern on a hard steer during colder temperatures and/or knocking/clicking noise heard due to water intrusion in the steering gear input shaft freezing and/or causing corrosion.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10118964-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10118964-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10118964","components":[{"id":"steering","name":"Steering","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"BUICK","model":"ENCORE","year_from":2013,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2013_buick_encore","2014_buick_encore","2015_buick_encore","2016_buick_encore"]},{"make":"CHEVROLET","model":"TRAX","year_from":2013,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2013_chevrolet_trax","2014_chevrolet_trax","2015_chevrolet_trax","2016_chevrolet_trax"]}],"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":[]}