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Service bulletin 15111

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 id10089960
Published by NHTSA2017-01-31
Manufacturer's number15111
Manufacturer's date2015-06-26
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

NHTSA's summary

15111 - SPECIAL COVERAGE. ON SOME 2012 MODEL YEAR CHEVROLET SILVERADO, EXPRESS, COLORADO AND GMC SIERRA, SAVANA, AND CANYON VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 4.3L, 2.9L, OR 3.7L ENGINE (RPO LU3, LLV, OR LLR) AND A 4L60E AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION (RPO M30), THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL) MAY BE ILLUMINATED AND THE TRANSMISSION MAY EXHIBIT A HARSH SHIFT FROM FIRST GEAR TO SECOND GEAR. THIS CONDITION MAY ALSO SET DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE (DTC) P0741 IN THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE (TCM). IF DTC P0741 IS FOUND, DEALERS ARE TO REPLACE THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WIRING HARNESS.

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

Trouble codes named

P0741

Vehicles listed
CHEVROLET COLORADO2012
CHEVROLET EXPRESS2012
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 15002012 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC CANYON2012
GMC SAVANA2012
GMC SIERRA 15002012 (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.

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