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Buick Allure 2000–2020technical service bulletin

Bulletin 16NA383 · NHTSA communication 10171878 · issued Jan 2, 2020

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment Adaptive/mobility
component
2000–2020
model years
60
vehicle entries

Official summary

This informational bulletin advises of a new fuel injection cleaner kit used for decarbonizing the intake valves to correct conditions of rough idle, Crank no start, extended crank or misfire, MIL with DTCs, and explains how Top Tier fuels should be used to reduce carbon build-up.

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.