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Buick Cascada 2000–2018technical service bulletin

Bulletin PIP5226D · NHTSA communication 10178387 · issued Jul 27, 2020

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine
component
2000–2018
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.

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.