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Service bulletin 16-NA-175

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 id10081963
Published by NHTSA2016-10-11
Manufacturer's number16-NA-175
Manufacturer's date2016-06-03
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

NHTSA's summary

THIS TECHNICAL BULLETIN PROVIDES A PROCEDURE TO FLUSH AND DRAIN THE TRANSMISSION FLUID TO CORRECT A CUSTOMER CONCERN OF TRANSMISSION SHAKE AND/OR SHUDDER DURING LIGHT THROTTLE ACCELERATION BETWEEN 48 AND 104 KM/H (30 AND 65 MPH) AT A STEADY STATE.

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

Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission

Vehicles listed
CADILLAC ESCALADE2016
CADILLAC ESCALADE ESV2016 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SILVERADO2016
GMC SIERRA2016
GMC YUKON2016
GMC YUKON XL2016

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

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