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Service bulletin PIT5403B

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 id10083321
Published by NHTSA2016-10-21
Manufacturer's numberPIT5403B
Manufacturer's date2016-08-16
NHTSA componentSUSPENSION

NHTSA's summary

THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION PROVIDES INFORMATION TO THE TECHNICIAN WITH THE STEPS TO DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIR VEHICLES WITH VARIOUS HANDLING, VEHICLE DYNAMICS CONCERNS, NOISES FROM THE SUSPENSION OR UNDERBODY, OR ISSUES RELATED TO DAMAGED SUSPENSION COMPONENTS. BEFORE ANY IN-DEPTH DIAGNOSTICS ARE PERFORMED, BE AWARE THAT VARIOUS ISSUES COULD OCCUR IF THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN MODIFIED AND INFORM THE CUSTOMER THE CONDITIONS NOTED MAY NOT BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. TECHNICIAN WILL INSPECT FOR INSTALLED AFTERMARKET SUSPENSION COMPONENTS. ALSO INSPECT FOR IMPROPERLY ADJUSTED TORSION BARS.

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

Suspension

Vehicles listed
CADILLAC ESCALADE2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
CHEVROLET AVALANCHE2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 15002007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SUBURBAN2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
CHEVROLET TAHOE2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
GMC SIERRA 15002007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC SIERRA 25002007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC SIERRA 35002007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC YUKON2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
GMC YUKON DENALI2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC YUKON DENALI2015, 2016, 2017 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC YUKON DENALI XL2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC YUKON HYBRID2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC YUKON XL2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
GMC YUKON XL2012, 2013, 2014 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC YUKON XL2015, 2016, 2017
GMC YUKON XL 15002007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC YUKON XL 15002012 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC YUKON XL 25002007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 (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
20161902016-04-28. Suspension
16V2560002016-04-28. SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM
11V0070002011-01-06. SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:SPINDLE
20104542010-12-17. Suspension
10V6430002010-12-17. SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:SPINDLE

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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