Buick Allure 2000–2021 — technical service bulletin

Bulletin PIP5640A · NHTSA communication 10224273 · issued Sep 1, 2022

Technical service bulletin

communication type

Power Train

component

2000–2021

model years

vehicle entries

Official summary

This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician to not remove the torque converter bolts and start the engine as this may cause damage to the torque converter of the crankshaft on vehicles equipped with an automatic transmission.

Vehicles covered

2006 Buick Allure
2016 Buick Cascada
2017 Buick Cascada
2018 Buick Cascada
2019 Buick Cascada
2000 Buick Century
2001 Buick Century
2002 Buick Century
2003 Buick Century
2004 Buick Century
2005 Buick Century
2008 Buick Enclave
2009 Buick Enclave
2010 Buick Enclave
2011 Buick Enclave
2012 Buick Enclave
2013 Buick Enclave
2014 Buick Enclave
2015 Buick Enclave
2016 Buick Enclave
2017 Buick Enclave
2018 Buick Enclave
2019 Buick Enclave
2020 Buick Enclave
2021 Buick Enclave
2013 Buick Encore
2014 Buick Encore
2015 Buick Encore
2016 Buick Encore
2017 Buick Encore
2018 Buick Encore
2019 Buick Encore
2020 Buick Encore
2021 Buick Encore
2016 Buick Envision
2017 Buick Envision
2018 Buick Envision
2019 Buick Envision
2020 Buick Envision
2021 Buick Envision
2005 Buick Lacrosse
2006 Buick Lacrosse
2007 Buick Lacrosse
2008 Buick Lacrosse
2009 Buick Lacrosse
2010 Buick Lacrosse
2011 Buick Lacrosse
2012 Buick Lacrosse
2013 Buick Lacrosse
2014 Buick Lacrosse
2015 Buick Lacrosse
2016 Buick Lacrosse
2017 Buick Lacrosse
2018 Buick Lacrosse
2019 Buick Lacrosse
2000 Buick Lesabre
2001 Buick Lesabre
2002 Buick Lesabre
2003 Buick Lesabre
2004 Buick Lesabre

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.