Service bulletin PIP-5366-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.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
Type	Service bulletin
NHTSA id	10078924
Published by NHTSA	2016-08-26
Manufacturer's number	PIP-5366-A
Manufacturer's date	2016-05-27
NHTSA component	VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL

NHTSA's summary

THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION PROVIDES INFORMATION TO THE TECHNICIAN THAT SOME OWNERS MAY NOTICE AT ROUGHLY 3/4 OF THE WAY THROUGH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TRAVEL THERE IS A CLICK FELT IN THE PEDAL ALSO THE PEDAL GETS HARDER TO PUSH. PLEASE COMMUNICATE TO THE CUSTOMER THIS CONDITION IS A NORMAL OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC OF THEIR VEHICLE. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL DESIGN HAS CHANGED FOR VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE 8-SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION REGULAR PRODUCTION OPTION CODE MRC.

The document

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Components

Throttle and cruise control

Vehicles listed
BUICK LACROSSE	2017
CADILLAC XT5	2017
CHEVROLET MALIBU	2016

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

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