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Buick Rainier 2002–2015technical service bulletin

Bulletin PIP3343E · NHTSA communication 10111783 · issued Apr 4, 2014

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Fuel System, Other
component
2002–2015
model years
60
vehicle entries

Official summary

This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have an oil leak shortly after a cold start when extremely low ambient temperatures are present. Technician will need to clean the area of the oil leak, clean and dry the PCV hoses, and replace the oil fill cap with part number 12589430.

Vehicles covered

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.