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Buick Allure 2008–2016technical service bulletin

Bulletin GCUS-3-848 · NHTSA communication 10113383 · issued Feb 20, 2017

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2008–2016
model years
60
vehicle entries

Official summary

44180 02 - Customer Satisfaction. Certain vehicles may have key codes which were inappropriately handled by a third party which could increase the risk of vehicle theft. Dealers are to replace all applicable keys and lock cylinders with new key configurations.

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.