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Service bulletin PI-1522

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 id10059176
Published by NHTSA2016-02-13
Manufacturer's numberPI-1522
Manufacturer's date2015-08-01
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)

NHTSA's summary

GMC/CHEVROLET: DUE TO INTERFERENCE WITH ENGINE ACCESSORY DRIVE BELT FROM TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE (TCM) WIRE HARNESS ROUTING, THE WIRE HARNESS WILL BE DAMAGED AND HAVE POOR TRANSMISSION PERFORMANCE AND QUALITY SHIFTING AND MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL) ON. *PE

The document

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Components

Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission, Transmission control module

Vehicles listed
CHEVROLET SILVERADO2015, 2016
GMC SIERRA2015, 2016

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

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