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Chevrolet Spark 2016–2018technical service bulletin

Bulletin PIP5525B · NHTSA communication 10145476 · issued Sep 11, 2018

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2016–2018
model years
3
vehicle entries

Official summary

This Preliminary information communicates to the technician to no longerreplace the TCM if diagnostics leads to replacement of the CVT7 transmission assembly for data collection.

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.