Buick Allure 1997–2012 — technical service bulletin

Bulletin 16NA260 · NHTSA communication 10082506 · issued Aug 26, 2016

Technical service bulletin

communication type

Equipment

component

1997–2012

model years

vehicle entries

Official summary

This technical bulletin provides a procedure to reprogram the media disc player with the latest calibrations to correct a condition of the rear entertainment system not operating as intended in colder ambient temperature areas due to calibration concerns.

Vehicles covered

2008 Buick Allure
2009 Buick Allure
1997 Buick Century
2000 Buick Century
2002 Buick Century
2004 Buick Century
2009 Buick Enclave
2010 Buick Enclave
2011 Buick Enclave
2012 Buick Enclave
2005 Buick Lacrosse
2006 Buick Lacrosse
2007 Buick Lacrosse
2008 Buick Lacrosse
2010 Buick Lacrosse
2011 Buick Lacrosse
2012 Buick Lacrosse
1998 Buick Lesabre
1999 Buick Lesabre
2000 Buick Lesabre
2001 Buick Lesabre
2002 Buick Lesabre
2003 Buick Lesabre
2004 Buick Lesabre
2005 Buick Lesabre
2006 Buick Lesabre
2006 Buick Lucerne
2007 Buick Lucerne
2008 Buick Lucerne
2009 Buick Lucerne
2010 Buick Lucerne
2011 Buick Lucerne
2012 Buick Lucerne
1997 Buick Park Avenue
1998 Buick Park Avenue
1999 Buick Park Avenue
2000 Buick Park Avenue
2001 Buick Park Avenue
2003 Buick Park Avenue
2005 Buick Park Avenue
2003 Buick Rainier
2006 Buick Rainier
2007 Buick Rainier
1999 Buick Regal
2000 Buick Regal
2001 Buick Regal
2002 Buick Regal
2004 Buick Regal
2005 Buick Regal
2008 Buick Regal
2009 Buick Regal
2010 Buick Regal
2011 Buick Regal
2012 Buick Regal
2001 Buick Rendezvous
2003 Buick Rendezvous
2004 Buick Rendezvous
2005 Buick Rendezvous
2007 Buick Rendezvous
1997 Buick Riviera

What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.