# Service bulletin PI\-0161A

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: 10037309
- Published by NHTSA: 2011\-05\-18
- Manufacturer's number: PI\-0161A
- Manufacturer's date: 2010\-11\-01
- NHTSA component: PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL:MECHANICAL:LINKAGE AND CABLE

## NHTSA's summary

GM: THERE MAY BE A RUBBING/GRINDING NOISE WHEN MAKING FULL LEFT TURNS. IT IS MOST NOTICEABLE WHEN DRIVING UP AN INCLINE. \*RM

## 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

Brakes, Parking brake

## Vehicles listed

- 2010 to 2011 CADILLAC ESCALADE
- 2010 to 2011 CADILLAC ESCALADE ESV
- 2010 to 2011 CADILLAC ESCALADE EXT
- 2010 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE
- 2010 to 2011 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500
- CHEVROLET SILVERADO
- 2010 CHEVROLET SILVERADO
- 2010 to 2011 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500
- 2010 to 2011 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500
- 2010 to 2011 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 3500
- 2010 to 2011 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1500
- 2010 to 2011 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 2500
- 2010 to 2011 CHEVROLET TAHOE
- 2010 to 2011 GMC SIERRA
- 2011 GMC SIERRA 2500
- 2011 GMC SIERRA 3500
- 2010 to 2011 GMC YUKON
- 2010 to 2011 GMC YUKON DENALI
- 2010 to 2011 GMC YUKON DENALI XL
- 2010 to 2011 GMC YUKON XL 2500

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [99\-04\-20\-002I](/bulletins/10114262.md), 2017-08-15, Service bulletin: PARKING BRAKE:DRIVELINE. This informational bulletin explains a normal condition for what and how the drive line can clunk.
- [PIP5092](/bulletins/10112837.md), 2017-08-15, Service bulletin: PARKING BRAKE:DRIVELINE. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that a driveline noise or vibration at various speeds and operating conditions. Technician should be advised that the vehicle should always be restored to a factory configuration when diagnosing noise and vibration concerns.
- [PIP5092A](/bulletins/10112006.md), 2017-08-15, Service bulletin: PARKING BRAKE:DRIVELINE. This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that a driveline noise or vibration at various speeds and operating conditions. Technician should be advised that the vehicle should always be restored to a factory configuration when diagnosing noise and vibration concerns.
- [PIT5206E](/bulletins/10100046.md), 2017-05-22, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES; PARKING BRAKE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INTEGRATED TRAILER BRAKE CONTROL; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; ENGINE. THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION PROVIDES INFORMATION TO THE TECHNICIAN WITH THE STEPS ON DIAGNOSING AND REPAIRING VEHICLES THAT MAY HAVE UNWANTED GRADE BRAKING, REDUCED ENGINE POWER WITH NO DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER MESSAGES “ BRAKE PEDAL OVERRIDE FEATURE “, TRANSMISSION BUSY OR FREQUENT SHIFTING UP OR DOWN, AND DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES P057B, P057C, AND/OR P057D MAY OR MAY NOT BE SET. TECHNICIAN WILL USE THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION TO FIND THE BRAKE PEDAL POSITION DATA PARAMETERS IN THE SCAN TOOL, AND ALSO TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL DIAGNOSTIC HELP. THESE ISSUES MAY BE CAUSED BY AN INCORRECT BRAKE PEDAL POSITION SENSOR INPUT TO THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE. TECHNICIAN WILL VERIFY WITH THE SCAN TOOL IF THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE HAS THE CORRECT PARAMETERS FOR THE BRAKE PEDAL POSITION SENSOR. IF AN ENGINE CONTROL MODULE BRAKE PEDAL POSITION SENSOR RELEARN IS PERFORMED, THE TRUCK MAY BE TEMPORARILY REPAIRED UNTIL THE INTERMITTENT WIRING ISSUE BETWEEN THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE AND BRAKE PEDAL POSITION SENSOR OCCURS AGAIN. ON 2014 AND NEWER TRUCKS INSPECT AND REPAIR ANY DAMAGE TO X115 AND X119. ON THE 2014 AND PREVIOUS TRUCKS INSPECT AND REPAIR ANY DAMAGE TO X205.
- [PI\-0651](/bulletins/10043511.md), 2012-04-07, Service bulletin: PARKING BRAKE. GMC/CHEVROLET: THERE IS EXCESSIVE BRAKE DUST ON REAR WHEELS AND NOISE FROM REAR BRAKES. ALSO, PARKING BRAKES IS DRAGGING OR NOT RELEASING COMPLETELY. \*PE
- [PI\-0532](/bulletins/10041432.md), 2011-10-03, Service bulletin: PARKING BRAKE:DRIVELINE:HYDRAULIC:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS; SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:SUPPLY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS; WHEELS; SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:HYDRAULIC:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS; SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS. CADILLAC/CHEVROLET/GMC: DUE TO BUILD UP OF SNOW, MUD OR ICE, THE RIGHT FRONT WHEELHOUSE LINER MAY BE CONTACTING OR IS TOO CLOSE TO BRAKE PIPE. \*PE

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