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Buick Encore 2017–2020technical service bulletin

Bulletin 18NA056 · NHTSA communication 10187378 · issued Dec 14, 2020

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2017–2020
model years
4
vehicle entries

Official summary

This service bulletin provides a procedure to apply aluminum butyl tape around the lower side object modules and the fascia to aid in deflecting the radar away from the ground and stop triggering false alerts.

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.