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Cadillac STS 2005–2011technical service bulletin

Bulletin PIC4786B · NHTSA communication 10112659 · issued Dec 13, 2012

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2005–2011
model years
7
vehicle entries

Official summary

This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have Remote Vehicle Start is inoperative. Tech will need to ensure that the FOB being used to start the vehicle is not programmed as FOB 3 or 4. Technician should be advised the Only FOB 1 or 2 can remote start the vehicle.

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.