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Buick Encore 2010–2018technical service bulletin

Bulletin PIT4945G · NHTSA communication 10147376 · issued Oct 12, 2018

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment Adaptive/mobility
component
2010–2018
model years
60
vehicle entries

Official summary

This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician being unable to program fobs to the vehicle. Technician will need to ensure the key FOB is a new unit and has not been programmed to another vehicle previously.

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.