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Service bulletin PIT-4816A

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 id10032396
Published by NHTSA2010-03-15
Manufacturer's numberPIT-4816A
Manufacturer's date2013-10-01
ReplacesPIT-4816E
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM

NHTSA's summary

CHEVROLET/GMC/CADILLAC: MULTIPLE ELECTRICAL CONCERNS WITH DTC C0900 - KEYWORDS BATTERY C/K CABLE CLOCK CRANK CYCLE DOOR DIMMING FLICKER GAGE GAUGE GMC HVAC INOP INOPERATIVE INSTRUMENT INTERMITTENT IPC LOCK NO PANEL POWER RADIO STALL START TEMPERATURE. *PE UPDATED 3/28/11. MODEL YRS 2007-2009. *PE UPDATED ON 6/27/2011 ADDED MODEL YRS 2010-2011. *KB MODEL YEARS ADDED 2012, 2013, AND 2014. UPDATED 12/2/2013*JS

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

Electrical system

Trouble codes named

C0900

Vehicles listed
CADILLAC ESCALADE2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
CADILLAC ESCALADE ESV2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CADILLAC ESCALADE EXT2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET AVALANCHE2007, 2008, 2009
CHEVROLET AVALANCHE2012
CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 15002010, 2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 15002013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SILVERADO2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 25002012 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 35002012, 2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SUBURBAN2007, 2008, 2009
CHEVROLET SUBURBAN2012, 2013, 2014
CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 15002010, 2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET TAHOE2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
GMC SIERRA2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
GMC SIERRA 25002012 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC SIERRA 35002012 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC YUKON2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
GMC YUKON DENALI2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC YUKON DENALI XL2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC YUKON HYBRID2012, 2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC YUKON XL2007, 2008, 2009
GMC YUKON XL2012, 2013, 2014 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC YUKON XL 15002010, 2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC YUKON XL 15002012 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20165972016-11-29. Electrical
20150022014-12-30. Electrical
14V8270002014-12-30. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
20144322014-10-03. Electrical
14V6140002014-10-01. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
20142772014-07-03. Electrical
14V4070002014-07-02. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
10V2400002010-06-04. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
08V4410002008-08-28. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

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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