Buick warranty extension N242450640-02
What it saysCertain 2021 model year Buick Encore GX and Chevrolet Trailblazer vehicles, equipped with a 1.2L engine, may have a condition that could cause the turbocharger to fail. NHTSA’s full summary ↓
Buick filed this with NHTSA as a warranty extension dated Sep 1, 2026, about the engine. It names 1 model year (2021). A warranty extension is not a safety recall — there is no NHTSA campaign number and no federal requirement — but it is usually work the manufacturer pays for on the vehicles it names; the dealer checks the VIN against the manufacturer’s list.
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What the bulletin says
Source: NHTSA's summary of the manufacturer's communicationPicked out of NHTSA’s summary below, word for word. The document itself is the record, and the dealer checks the VIN.
What it applies to, as NHTSA’s summary states it — build dates and equipment as the manufacturer filed them. The dealer checks the VIN and the build date on the door jamb; a vehicle outside the window is not covered by this bulletin.
Special Coverage. Certain 2021 model year Buick Encore GX and Chevrolet Trailblazer vehicles, equipped with a 1.2L engine, may have a condition that could cause the turbocharger to fail. If this condition occurs, the Malfunction Indicator Lamp (Check Engine Light) will illuminate, and a diagnostic trouble code will set. Additionally, a message may be displayed indicating the vehicle’s available engine power is reduced. This special coverage covers the condition described above for a period of 15 years or 150,000 miles (240,000 km), whichever occurs first, from the date the vehicle was originally placed in service, regardless of ownership. For vehicles covered by Vehicle Service Contracts, all eligible claims with repair orders on or after November 6, 2024, are covered by this special coverage and must be submitted using the labor operation codes provided with this bulletin. Claims with repair orders prior to November 6, 2024, must be submitted to the Service Contract provider. Vehicle owners or lessees who paid for repairs referenced in this Special Coverage (“Customers”) are eligible for reimbursement of their reasonable and customary expenses in accordance with the procedures specified below. The conditional right to reimbursement is provided by GM solely in the interest of customer satisfaction and is personal to Customers. Customers may not assign and GM does not consent to any assignment of any Customer’s right to submit reimbursement claims, or to receive reimbursement, or any other rights granted by this Special Coverage to any third party, including but not limited to service contract providers, and this Special Coverage is not intended to and does not confer any third party beneficiary, subrogation or contribution rights, or any other rights to reimbursement, against GM, whether in law, equity or otherwise, on any third parties. Dealers are to replace the turbocharger as necessary. The repairs will be made at no charge to the customer.
Trouble codes it names: P0299 all 1 read from the document itself; NHTSA’s summary names none
One of the 432 warranty extensions and special-coverage programs on file — every make, with the term each runs to.
Document filed under this number
| Document | Kind | Dated | NHTSA id | At NHTSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N242450640-02 | Warranty extension | Sep 1, 2026 | 11036593 | PDF, 311 KB |
What the document itself lists
The manufacturer titles it “UPDATE: N232407740-03, N242450640-02, N242484750-02”.
Parts the bulletin names
| Part number | Description | Qty |
|---|---|---|
| 19434771 | Turbocharger | — |
| 25205791 | Vacuum Tank Kit | — |
| 12641115 | Catalytic Converter Gasket | — |
| 13499082 | Exhaust System Gasket | — |
| 11612078 | Turbocharger Nut | — |
| 11588723 | Vacuum Tank Bolts | — |
| 25204082 | — | — |
Labour operations and the time the manufacturer allows
| Operation | Description | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 9900902 | Customer Reimbursement Approved - For USA and Canada dealers only - For Export… | 0.2 hrs |
| 9900903 | Customer Reimbursement Denied – For USA dealers only N/A ZREG ** For USA and Canada… | 20 hrs |
Read by machine from the document NHTSA serves (4 pages), read Sep 30, 2026. A part number is shown only where it matches Buick’s own catalogue shape, an operation only with its code and time, and a description only where the reader got it whole; anything it could not settle is left out, and the PDF is the record. Times are the manufacturer’s warranty allowances, not a quote.
The summary is NHTSA’s abstract of the document, as filed under 49 CFR 579.5. One communication is usually filed as several documents — the bulletin, a dealer notice, an owner letter — and the number on any of them finds this page. A PDF link is shown only once NHTSA’s own server has been seen to serve that document; the rest are checked over the following nights. Quote the number at a service desk; it is what the dealer’s system is keyed on.
Model years it names
Source: as the manufacturer filed themA vehicle page’s bulletin list shows the newest few communications filed against that model year; the count there is every one.
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What owners reported
Source: NHTSA complaint databaseOwners of the 1 model year this bulletin names have filed 62 complaints with NHTSA since 2015. 22 of them name Engine — the same broad component group this bulletin is filed under. NHTSA groups complaints coarsely, so that means the same area of the vehicle, not necessarily the same fault.
I have continuously had my check engine light pop on. I have took it in twice for them fix the issue which is the purge sensor. It did not fix the issue because the light just pops back on. This has caused issues with me passing emissions and has been an headache shortly street I obtained the vehicle
2021 Buick Encore · Engine · filed with NHTSA Nov 11, 2025 · ODI 11698861
A complaint is one owner’s account, not a defect finding, and a bulletin is not a recall. Nothing here says this bulletin was issued because of these complaints, or that the repair it describes fixed them. Complaint files on this site begin in 2015.
More bulletins about the engine
Source: same model, same component group65 other manufacturer communications filed against the Buick Encore under the same component group (engine), newest first. The eight newest are listed; the rest are on the Buick list.
| Number | Kind | Dated | NHTSA’s summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| N242484750-02 | Warranty extension | Sep 1, 2026 | Special Coverage. Certain 2022 model year Buick Encore GX and Chevrolet Trailblazer vehicles, equipped with a 1.2L engine, may have a condi… |
| N232407740-03 | Warranty extension | Sep 1, 2026 | Special Coverage. Certain 2020 model year Buick Encore GX vehicles, equipped with a 1.2L engine, may have a condition that could cause the… |
| N242484750-01 | Warranty extension | Oct 20, 2025 | Special Coverage. Certain 2022 model year Buick Encore GX and Chevrolet Trailblazer vehicles, equipped with a 1.2L engine, may have a condi… |
| N242450640-01 | Warranty extension | Oct 20, 2025 | Special Coverage. Certain 2021 model year Buick Encore GX and Chevrolet Trailblazer vehicles, equipped with a 1.2L engine, may have a condi… |
| N232407740-02 | Warranty extension | Oct 20, 2025 | Special Coverage. Certain 2020 model year Buick Encore GX vehicles, equipped with a 1.2L engine, may have a condition that could cause the… |
| PIE0831A | Service bulletin | Jun 5, 2025 | This engineering information (EI) closure ends the need for gathering further information from technicians in regard to the Malfunction Indi… |
| 00-06-01-026R | Service bulletin | Jun 5, 2025 | This service bulletin provides information on replacing the intake manifold when the engine is replaced after severe internal engine damage. |
| 23-NA-153 | Service bulletin | May 15, 2025 | The service bulletin advises the tech of a normal transmission shift condition and the delay in throttle response when the throttle plate is… |
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Every manufacturer communication NHTSA holds for Buick, by the number printed on the letter.
Common questions
Source: NHTSA, 49 CFR 579.5Is Buick N242450640-02 a recall?
No. A warranty extension is a manufacturer communication filed with NHTSA under 49 CFR 579.5; a safety recall carries an NHTSA campaign number (two digits, a letter, six digits) and a federal duty to repair for free. Check the vehicle’s recalls by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls, or on its page here.
Is the N242450640-02 repair free?
A warranty extension is usually paid by the manufacturer on the vehicles it names, within the terms and time limit the document sets; the dealer checks the VIN against the manufacturer’s list.
Which vehicles does N242450640-02 cover?
The manufacturer filed it against 1 model year: 2021 Buick Encore. Whether one particular vehicle is affected is a matter of its VIN and its build, not its model year alone.