{"nhtsa_id":10126169,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-12-22","date":"2012-11-12","document_id":"PI0735B","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STEERING","mfr_system":null,"summary":"This preliminary informational bulletin provides information regarding a grinding noise heard when shifting into reverse, stating that this is a normal characteristic and should not have any repairs done.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2012/MC-10126169-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2012/MC-10126169-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10126169","components":[{"id":"steering","name":"Steering","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"CHEVROLET","model":"SONIC","year_from":2012,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_chevrolet_sonic","2013_chevrolet_sonic"]}],"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":[]}