# Service bulletin SB\-12138\-A

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: 10059943
- Published by NHTSA: 2016\-03\-16
- Manufacturer's number: SB\-12138\-A
- Manufacturer's date: 2012\-10\-25
- NHTSA component: EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

## NHTSA's summary

SUMMARY TO BE PROVIDED ON A FUTURE DATE.

## 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

Equipment and accessories, Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission

## Vehicles listed

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

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [12138](/bulletins/10245831.md), 2023-12-04, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. Transmission Dipstick Tube Fracture
- [17\-NA\-066](/bulletins/10239647.md), 2023-07-25, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; POWER TRAIN. This service bulletin provides information for automatic transmission Oil Cooler Flush and flow test.
- [16\-NA\-130](/bulletins/10232711.md), 2023-03-08, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:FLUID/LUBRICANT:VALVES/VALVE BODY. This service bulletin provides information for after installation of a replacement upper valve body, the transmission may have no Reverse and no 2nd gear.
- [06\-00\-89\-031D](/bulletins/10201098.md), 2021-09-07, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; POWER TRAIN; ENGINE. OEM and Remanufactured Engine and Automatic Transmission/Transaxle Identification
- [990420002L](/bulletins/10200154.md), 2021-08-09, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; EQUIPMENT. This service bulletin provides information on Driveline Clunk Noise and what is acceptable and what is considered normal operation.
- [06\-00\-89\-031D](/bulletins/10190503.md), 2021-04-20, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; ENGINE. OEM and Remanufactured Engine and Automatic Transmission/Transaxle Identification
- [150089004C](/bulletins/10188403.md), 2021-03-08, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT; SUSPENSION:FRONT:SHOCK ABSORBER; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:FLUID/LUBRICANT. This service bulletin provides technicians with updated information to help identify the differences between what is considered a fluid leak, and what is considered fluid seepage.
- [060089031F](/bulletins/10184501.md), 2020-12-21, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; ENGINE. This service bulletin provides information on OEM and Remanufactured Engine and Automatic Transmission/Transaxle Identification.
- [1308116001F](/bulletins/10183782.md), 2020-12-07, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. The intent of this technical bulletin is to identify aftermarket ALDL or DLC interface devices as potential sources for causing multiple customer concerns that do not have other diagnostic methods to identify them.
- [080730026F](/bulletins/10165123.md), 2019-09-23, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. This informational bulletin provides information on Some vehicles may rock or move slightly forward or rearward while in Park at start up after cold soak. This condition may be accompanied by a clunk noise. This is a slight movement that is more often seen visually, rather than felt, when viewed from the outside and using the auto\-start feature, if equipped.

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