{"nhtsa_id":10168985,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2019-12-09","date":"2019-11-26","document_id":"PIP5312B","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN","mfr_system":null,"summary":"This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about the operation or performance of the CVT7 transmission. When the transmission is at operating temperature torque converter lockup can occur as low as 8 mph and the range for lockup is 8-18mph depending on the throttle angle. The continuously variable transmissions are usually thought of as a no shift transmission however the CVT7 transmission has a high and low range made possible by the use of two clutch packs and one planetary gear set.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10168985-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10168985-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10168985","components":[{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"CHEVROLET","model":"SPARK","year_from":2014,"year_to":2020,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2014_chevrolet_spark","2015_chevrolet_spark","2016_chevrolet_spark","2017_chevrolet_spark","2018_chevrolet_spark","2019_chevrolet_spark","2020_chevrolet_spark"]}],"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":[]}