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Buick Lacrosse 2016–2018technical service bulletin

Bulletin 17NA021 · NHTSA communication 10199229 · issued May 14, 2021

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Service Brakes
component
2016–2018
model years
19
vehicle entries

Official summary

This service bulletin provides a procedure for replacing the oil pump, power brake booster and power brake booster vacuum hose to eliminate a hard brake pedal and/or air type noise heard upon brake apply due to oil in the brake booster.

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.