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Service bulletin PIE-0099

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 id10036164
Published by NHTSA2011-03-11
Manufacturer's numberPIE-0099
Manufacturer's date2010-12-01
ReplacesPIE-0099A
NHTSA componentSUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:NON-POWERED AXLE ASSEMBLY

NHTSA's summary

CHEVROLET/GMC/CADILLAC: REAR AXLE PINION BEARING NOISE, GEAR NOISE AND/OR PINION BEARING FAILURE(8.6", 9.5", 10.5" AND 11.5") AAM AXLES. CUSTOMERS HEAR ROUGH GROWL OR GRATING TYPE SOUND COMING FROM THE REAR OF VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING. *PE UPDATED 6/6/11. *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

Suspension

Vehicles listed
CHEVROLET AVALANCHE2010
CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 15002011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SILVERADO2010
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 15002011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 15002010, 2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET TAHOE2010, 2011
GMC SIERRA2010
GMC SIERRA 15002011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC YUKON2010, 2011
GMC YUKON DENALI2010, 2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC YUKON DENALI XL2010, 2011 (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)

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
11V0070002011-01-06. SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:SPINDLE
20104542010-12-17. Suspension
10V6430002010-12-17. SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:SPINDLE

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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