Chevrolet Malibu 2016–2017 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 20NA222 · NHTSA communication 10186090 · issued Dec 7, 2020
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2016–2017
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
This bulletin informs the dealers The new A4 - Hybrid/EV Battery Pack comes with a module that is incompatible with the software for 2016-2017 model years. Model years 2016-2017 will require you swap the HPCM2 (K114B - Hybrid/EV Powertrain Control Module 2) from the old A4 - Hybrid/EV Battery Pack to the new A4 - Hybrid/EV Battery Pack.
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.