Buick Allure 2008–2017 — technical service bulletin

Bulletin 070898001B · NHTSA communication 10082860 · issued Aug 3, 2016

Technical service bulletin

communication type

Equipment

component

2008–2017

model years

vehicle entries

Official summary

This informational bulletin provides information on gm does not approve the use of clipping to repair collision damage to vehicles. Gm has not tested or validated a clipped vehicle repair; therefore, gm cannot endorse this type of repair or confirm the crash performance during a subsequent collision.

Vehicles covered

2008 Buick Allure
2009 Buick Allure
2016 Buick Cascada
2017 Buick Cascada
2008 Buick Enclave
2009 Buick Enclave
2010 Buick Enclave
2011 Buick Enclave
2012 Buick Enclave
2013 Buick Enclave
2014 Buick Enclave
2015 Buick Enclave
2016 Buick Enclave
2017 Buick Enclave
2013 Buick Encore
2014 Buick Encore
2015 Buick Encore
2016 Buick Encore
2017 Buick Encore
2016 Buick Envision
2017 Buick Envision
2008 Buick Lacrosse
2009 Buick Lacrosse
2010 Buick Lacrosse
2011 Buick Lacrosse
2012 Buick Lacrosse
2013 Buick Lacrosse
2014 Buick Lacrosse
2015 Buick Lacrosse
2016 Buick Lacrosse
2017 Buick Lacrosse
2013 Buick Lesabre
2008 Buick Lucerne
2009 Buick Lucerne
2010 Buick Lucerne
2011 Buick Lucerne
2012 Buick Lucerne
2008 Buick Regal
2009 Buick Regal
2010 Buick Regal
2011 Buick Regal
2012 Buick Regal
2013 Buick Regal
2014 Buick Regal
2015 Buick Regal
2016 Buick Regal
2017 Buick Regal
2008 Buick Terraza
2012 Buick Verano
2013 Buick Verano
2014 Buick Verano
2015 Buick Verano
2016 Buick Verano
2017 Buick Verano
2013 Cadillac Ats
2014 Cadillac Ats
2015 Cadillac Ats
2016 Cadillac Ats
2017 Cadillac Ats
2015 Cadillac Ats-V

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.