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Service bulletin PIP-4138K

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 id10037933
Published by NHTSA2011-06-08
Manufacturer's numberPIP-4138K
Manufacturer's date2011-01-01
NHTSA componentENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

NHTSA's summary

GM: THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT IS ON, THERE IS ALSO A MISFIRE OR ENGINE NOISE. THERE ARE MULTIPLE POSSIBLE CAUSES. *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

Engine

Vehicles listed
BUICK ALLURE2008, 2009
BUICK LACROSSE2008, 2009
BUICK RAINIER2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
CADILLAC CTS2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
CADILLAC ESCALADE2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
CHEVROLET AVALANCHE2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 15002011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET CAMARO2010, 2011
CHEVROLET COLORADO2009, 2010, 2011
CHEVROLET CORVETTE2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
CHEVROLET EXPRESS1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
CHEVROLET IMPALA2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO2006, 2007
CHEVROLET SILVERADO1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
CHEVROLET SSR2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
CHEVROLET SUBURBAN1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 15002010, 2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET TAHOE1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
GMC CANYON2009, 2010, 2011
GMC ENVOY2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
GMC SAVANA1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
GMC SIERRA1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
GMC YUKON1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
HUMMER H22004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
HUMMER H2 SUT2003
HUMMER H32008, 2009, 2010
PONTIAC G82008, 2009
PONTIAC GRAND PRIX2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
PONTIAC GTO2005, 2006
SAAB 9-7X2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
16V8680002016-12-02. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN
20073632007-11-09. Engine
07V5210002007-11-07. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
06V2890002006-08-03. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

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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