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Service bulletin 16-NA-182

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 id10081992
Published by NHTSA2016-10-11
Manufacturer's number16-NA-182
Manufacturer's date2016-06-07
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

NHTSA's summary

THIS INFORMATIONAL BULLETIN PROVIDES INFORMATION ON NEW SOFTWARE BEING AVAILABLE TO CORRECT A FIRM 3-2 DOWNSHIFT AT LIGHT OR HEAVY THROTTLE.

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

Electrical system, Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission, Software

Vehicles listed
CHEVROLET EXPRESS2016
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 25002016 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 35002016 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC SAVANA2016
GMC SIERRA 25002016 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC SIERRA 35002016 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
16V0840002016-02-11. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE

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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