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Service bulletin TB-090604021

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10030105
Published by NHTSA2009-08-03
Manufacturer's numberTB-090604021
Manufacturer's date2009-05-01
ReplacesTB-090604021A
NHTSA componentFUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:FUEL GAUGE SYSTEM

NHTSA's summary

GENERAL MOTORS: MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL) ILLUMINATED, DTC P0461;DURING AN EXTENDED DRIVE, THE FUEL GAUGE INDICATES EMPTY (REPROGRAM ENGINE CONTROL MODULE (ECM). *PE UPDATED 11/23/09. *PE

The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

Components

Fuel system

Trouble codes named

P0461

Vehicles listed
CADILLAC ESCALADE2009
CADILLAC ESCALADE ESV2009 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CADILLAC ESCALADE EXT2009 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET AVALANCHE2009
CHEVROLET SUBURBAN2009
CHEVROLET TAHOE2009
GMC SIERRA2009
GMC YUKON2009
GMC YUKON XL2009
HUMMER H22009

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20091322009-05-07. Fuel System
09V1540002009-05-06. FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

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