Buick Century 2000–2016 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin PIP5226 · NHTSA communication 10112251 · issued Sep 24, 2014
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
2000–2016
model years
60
vehicle entries
Official summary
This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about finding needle bearings during an oil change. Technician will gain access to the roller rockers to inspect them. Only replace the roller rocker that is missing needle bearings. Be sure to clean the oil drains to retrieve the needle bearings. Each roller rocker has 66 bearings.
Vehicles covered
- 2000 Buick Century
- 2001 Buick Century
- 2002 Buick Century
- 2003 Buick Century
- 2004 Buick Century
- 2005 Buick Century
- 2008 Buick Enclave
- 2009 Buick Enclave
- 2010 Buick Enclave
- 2011 Buick Enclave
- 2012 Buick Enclave
- 2013 Buick Enclave
- 2014 Buick Enclave
- 2015 Buick Enclave
- 2013 Buick Encore
- 2014 Buick Encore
- 2015 Buick Encore
- 2005 Buick Lacrosse
- 2006 Buick Lacrosse
- 2007 Buick Lacrosse
- 2008 Buick Lacrosse
- 2009 Buick Lacrosse
- 2010 Buick Lacrosse
- 2011 Buick Lacrosse
- 2012 Buick Lacrosse
- 2013 Buick Lacrosse
- 2014 Buick Lacrosse
- 2015 Buick Lacrosse
- 2000 Buick Lesabre
- 2001 Buick Lesabre
- 2002 Buick Lesabre
- 2003 Buick Lesabre
- 2004 Buick Lesabre
- 2005 Buick Lesabre
- 2006 Buick Lesabre
- 2006 Buick Lucerne
- 2007 Buick Lucerne
- 2008 Buick Lucerne
- 2009 Buick Lucerne
- 2010 Buick Lucerne
- 2011 Buick Lucerne
- 2012 Buick Lucerne
- 2000 Buick Park Avenue
- 2001 Buick Park Avenue
- 2002 Buick Park Avenue
- 2003 Buick Park Avenue
- 2004 Buick Park Avenue
- 2005 Buick Park Avenue
- 2004 Buick Rainier
- 2005 Buick Rainier
- 2006 Buick Rainier
- 2007 Buick Rainier
- 2000 Buick Regal
- 2001 Buick Regal
- 2002 Buick Regal
- 2003 Buick Regal
- 2004 Buick Regal
- 2005 Buick Regal
- 2011 Buick Regal
- 2012 Buick Regal
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.