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Service bulletin PI-0179

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 id10036506
Published by NHTSA2011-03-25
Manufacturer's numberPI-0179
Manufacturer's date2010-07-01
ReplacesPI-0179A
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)

NHTSA's summary

BUICK/CADILLAC/CHEVROLET/GMC: EQUIPPED WITH 6T70 OR 6T75 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION (RPOS MH2, MH4, MH6, MY9). TRANSMISSIONS BUILT 4/1/10 THRU 5/8/10. A HARSH SHIFT, TYPICALLY INTO THIRD OR FIFTH GEAR. UPON INVESTIGATION, TECHNICIAN MAY FIND DTC P0843 IN THE TCM AS A HISTORY OR ACTIVE DTC. MODELS ENCLAVE, LACROSSE, SRX, EQUINOX, TRAVERSE, ACADIA AND TERRAIN. *PE UPDATED 3/28/11. *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

Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission, Transmission control module

Trouble codes named

P0843

Vehicles listed
BUICK ENCLAVE2010
BUICK LACROSSE2010
CADILLAC SRX2010
CHEVROLET EQUINOX2010
GMC ACADIA2010
GMC TERRAIN2010

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
16V5020002016-07-05. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)
11V5950002011-12-20. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

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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