{"vehicle":{"id":"2012_buick_regal","year":2012,"make":"Buick","model":"Regal"},"code":"P0016","generic":true,"description":null,"bulletins":{"as_of":"2026-10-19","count":3,"bulletins":[{"nhtsa_id":10114945,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-08-15","date":"2015-12-04","document_id":"PIP4548E","mfr_campaign":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM","summary":"This Preliminary Information communication advises the technician what to inspect if codes P0016 and/or P0017 are setting on a properly timed engine or a condition of the vehicle cranks but will not start. Technician should inspect the respective intake or exhaust camshaft reluctor to see if it has spun on the camshaft. The reluctor cannot be repositioned so the camshaft must be replaced. The new camshafts come with the reluctor already pressed on in the correct position.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2015/MC-10114945-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2015/MC-10114945-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10114945"},{"nhtsa_id":10114392,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2017-08-15","date":"2015-02-09","document_id":"PIP4548D","mfr_campaign":null,"component":"EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM","summary":"This Preliminary Information communication advises the technician what to inspect if codes P0016 and/or P0017 are setting on a properly timed engine or a condition of the vehicle cranks but will not start. Technician should inspect the respective intake or exhaust camshaft reluctor to see if it has spun on the camshaft. The reluctor cannot be repositioned so the camshaft must be replaced. The new camshafts come with the reluctor already pressed on in the correct position.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2015/MC-10114392-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2015/MC-10114392-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10114392"},{"nhtsa_id":10081000,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2016-09-23","date":"2016-06-29","document_id":"PIP4548F","mfr_campaign":null,"component":"ENGINE","summary":"THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION ADVISES THE TECHNICIAN WHAT TO INSPECT IF CODES P0016 AND/OR P0017 ARE SETTING ON A PROPERLY TIMED ENGINE OR A CONDITION OF THE VEHICLE CRANKS BUT WILL NOT START. TECHNICIAN SHOULD INSPECT THE RESPECTIVE INTAKE OR EXHAUST CAMSHAFT RELUCTOR TO SEE IF IT HAS SPUN ON THE CAMSHAFT. THE RELUCTOR CANNOT BE REPOSITIONED SO THE CAMSHAFT MUST BE REPLACED. THE NEW CAMSHAFTS COME WITH THE RELUCTOR ALREADY PRESSED ON IN THE CORRECT POSITION.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10081000"}],"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/makes/buick/regal/2012/bulletins?code=P0016"},"related":{"components":[],"bulletins":[],"recalls":{"may_apply":true,"recalls":[],"lookup":{"nhtsa":"https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls","tc":"https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng","maker":null}}},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/makes/buick/regal/2012/codes/P0016","note":"The bulletins listed name this code in NHTSA's summary, or are about the same components. A bulletin or a recall listed here may apply to the model year. None of it is a diagnosis.","attribution":["Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada."]}