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Buick Terraza 2005–2009technical service bulletin

Bulletin PIT5485 · NHTSA communication 10114981 · issued Dec 18, 2015

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2005–2009
model years
17
vehicle entries

Official summary

This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that unable to place calls to OnStar while in ignition ON mode after performing the OnStar Canada upgrade. Engineering is aware of the issue and is working on a solution. Dealer should communicate to the customer that we apologize for this inconvenience and that General Motors is working on a solution for this concern.

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.