Buick Encore 2013–2018 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 16NA318 · NHTSA communication 10160083 · issued Apr 10, 2019
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Steering
component
2013–2018
model years
12
vehicle entries
Official summary
This Technical bulletin provides information on replacing both inner and outer intermediate steering shaft boots and steering gear due to water intrusion in the steering gear input shaft freezing and/or corrosion causing a hard to steer in colder temperatures and/or knocking/clicking noise.
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.