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Buick Allure 2009–2016technical service bulletin

Bulletin SB-10-08-46-001C · NHTSA communication 10078522 · issued Apr 20, 2016

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2009–2016
model years
60
vehicle entries

Official summary

"this technical bulletin provides a procedure to contact onstar for hard mute request to correct a customer concern when the radio is on, it does not mute enough when the onstar® turn-by-turn navigation directions are announced due to customer improperly setting the radio volume high enough when the turn-by-turn navigation messages are played. "

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.