# Service bulletin SB\-10\-02\-33\-001

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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10036545
- Published by NHTSA: 2011\-03\-28
- Manufacturer's number: SB\-10\-02\-33\-001
- Manufacturer's date: 2010\-10\-01
- Replaces: SB\-10\-02\-33\-001A
- NHTSA component: STEERING; STEERING:GEAR BOX:SHAFT PITMAN

## NHTSA's summary

BUICK/CADILLAC/CHEVROLET/GMC/OLDSMOBILE AND HUMMER: INFORMATION ON PITMAN ARM SHAFT SEAL SERVICE KIT. DO NOT REPLACE ENTIRE STEERING GEAR FOR PITMAN SEAL LEAK. TECHNICIANS HAVE BEEN REPLACING ENTIRE STEERING GEARS DUE TO NOT BEING ABLE TO SERVICE JUST LEAKING PITMAN SHAFT SEAL. \*PE UPDATED 5/9/11. \*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

Steering, Steering gear

## Vehicles listed

- 2004 to 2005 BUICK RAINIER
- 2000 to 2006 CADILLAC ESCALADE
- 2003 to 2006 CADILLAC ESCALADE ESV
- 2002 to 2006 CADILLAC ESCALADE EXT
- 2002 to 2006 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE
- 2000 to 2005 CHEVROLET BLAZER
- 2000 to 2010 CHEVROLET EXPRESS
- 2011 CHEVROLET EXPRESS 1500
- 2000 to 2005 CHEVROLET S10
- 2000 to 2010 CHEVROLET SILVERADO
- 2011 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500
- 2000 to 2009 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN
- 2010 to 2011 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1500
- 2002 to 2006 CHEVROLET TAHOE
- 2000 to 2004 GMC JIMMY
- 2005 GMC JIMMY CLASSIC
- 2010 GMC SANANA
- 2000 to 2010 GMC SAVANA
- 2011 GMC SAVANA 1500
- 2000 to 2010 GMC SIERRA
- 2011 GMC SIERRA 1500
- 2000 to 2004 GMC SONOMA
- 2005 GMC SONOMA
- 2000 to 2009 GMC YUKON XL
- 2010 to 2011 GMC YUKON XL 1500
- 2004 to 2009 HUMMER H2
- 2000 to 2004 OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [05V018000](/recalls/nhtsa/05V018000.md), 2005-01-21: STEERING:GEAR BOX:SHAFT SECTOR

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [PIE\-0198](/bulletins/10043014.md), 2012-02-08, Service bulletin: STEERING:RACK AND PINION:PINION SHAFT. CHEVROLET/GMC: SOME VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE FLUID LEAKING FROM FRONT DRIVE AXLE AREA. AFTER INSPECTION, PROBLEM FOUND TO BE PINION SEAL LEAKING. \*PE
- [PIP\-4647A](/bulletins/10032869.md), 2010-06-04, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; STEERING:GEAR BOX \(OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION\). GMC/CHEVROLET/SAAB/HUMMER: BIND/TIE\-UP IN FOURTH GEAR, NO SECOND OR FOURTH GEARS, OVERRUN CLUTCH DISTRESS. DURING DISASSEMBLY OF THE TRANSMISSION TECHNICIANS MAY FIND THAT THE 2\-4 BAND \(ITEM 602 IN SI DOCUMENT 1553208\) AND THE OVERRUN CLUTCH \(645\) ARE BOTH DISTRESSED WHILE NO OTHER CLUTCHES ARE DAMAGED. \*PE
- [4190](/bulletins/10022697.md), 2007-09-20, Service bulletin: STEERING:RACK AND PINION. ENGINEERING INFORMATION REQUEST DURING REAR RING AND PINION REPLACEMENT. \*NJ
- [070232002](/bulletins/10021443.md), 2007-04-26, Service bulletin: STEERING:RACK AND PINION:RACK; STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:POWER STEERING FLUID. EI07082 \- POWER STEERING FLUID LEAKING FROM POWER STEERING GEAR/RACK ASSEMBLY. \*KB UPDATED ON 09/21/07. \*NJ UPDATED 10/5/07. \*NJ UPDATED 2/15/08. \*NJ UPDATED 5/19/08. \*NJ UPDATED 2/17/10. \*PE UPDATED 3/30/11. \*PE

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