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Service bulletin PIT5287B

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 id10083866
Published by NHTSA2016-11-03
Manufacturer's numberPIT5287B
Manufacturer's date2016-04-11
NHTSA componentSUSPENSION

NHTSA's summary

THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION ADVISES THE TECHNICIAN ON THE STEPS REQUIRED FOR THE FRONT SHOCK ABSORBER TERMINAL REMOVAL.

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 ESCALADE2015, 2016
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 15002015, 2016 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SUBURBAN2015, 2016
CHEVROLET TAHOE2015, 2016
GMC SIERRA 15002015, 2016 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC YUKON2015, 2016

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

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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