{"nhtsa_id":10247221,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2023-12-18","date":"2016-01-01","document_id":"14588Ca","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","mfr_system":null,"summary":"On some 2011-2015 model year Chevrolet Caprice and 2012-2016 model year Chevrolet Impala police patrol vehicles, idling the engine for extended periods of time can prematurely wear the engine-cooling-fan motor. In this condition, the motor may fail to operate or operate noisily. This condition can also damage motor-control relays in the underhood bussed electrical center (UBEC).","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10247221-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10247221-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10247221","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"CHEVROLET","model":"CAPRICE","year_from":2011,"year_to":2015,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"CHEVROLET","model":"IMPALA","year_from":2012,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_chevrolet_impala","2013_chevrolet_impala","2014_chevrolet_impala","2015_chevrolet_impala","2016_chevrolet_impala"]}],"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":[]}