Buick Enclave 2007–2017 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin PIT5246E · NHTSA communication 10126979 · issued Dec 18, 2017
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Structure
component
2007–2017
model years
34
vehicle entries
Official summary
This Preliminary Information communication advises the technician to replace the right hand lift-gate strut on 2007-2016 GMC Acadia and 2007-2010 Saturn Outlook if a clunk or pop is heard. If the vehicle is an 2008-2016 Buick Enclave and 2009-2016 Chevrolet Traverse and If the struts are not weak and can hold the lift-gate open, the struts should NOT be replaced and this noise should be considered a normal condition. With the new strut installed the lift-gate noise should mimic levels currently heard on the 2009-2016 Traverse and 2008-2016 Enclave as some noise is still considered normal. Low
Vehicles covered
- 2008 Buick Enclave
- 2009 Buick Enclave
- 2010 Buick Enclave
- 2011 Buick Enclave
- 2012 Buick Enclave
- 2013 Buick Enclave
- 2014 Buick Enclave
- 2015 Buick Enclave
- 2016 Buick Enclave
- 2017 Buick Enclave
- 2009 Chevrolet Traverse
- 2010 Chevrolet Traverse
- 2011 Chevrolet Traverse
- 2012 Chevrolet Traverse
- 2013 Chevrolet Traverse
- 2014 Chevrolet Traverse
- 2015 Chevrolet Traverse
- 2016 Chevrolet Traverse
- 2017 Chevrolet Traverse
- 2007 GMC Acadia
- 2008 GMC Acadia
- 2009 GMC Acadia
- 2010 GMC Acadia
- 2011 GMC Acadia
- 2012 GMC Acadia
- 2013 GMC Acadia
- 2014 GMC Acadia
- 2015 GMC Acadia
- 2016 GMC Acadia
- 2017 GMC Acadia
- 2007 Saturn Outlook
- 2008 Saturn Outlook
- 2009 Saturn Outlook
- 2010 Saturn Outlook
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.