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Service bulletin 14520A

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 id10090361
Published by NHTSA2017-02-03
Manufacturer's number14520A
Manufacturer's date2016-03-08
NHTSA componentSUSPENSION

NHTSA's summary

14520A - SPECIAL COVERAGE (REVISED TO INCLUDE 2007, AND 2010-2013 MODEL YEAR CHEVROLET SILVERADO AND GMC SIERRA LIGHT DUTY TRUCKS, ALONG WITH EXPANDING COVERAGE TO CERTAIN U.S. STATES). SOME 2008-2009 MODEL YEAR CHEVROLET SILVERADO AND GMC SIERRA LIGHT-DUTY VEHICLES REGISTERED IN CANADA OR 2007, AND 2010-2013 MODEL YEAR CHEVROLET SILVERADO AND GMC SIERRA LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES REGISTERED IN OR PREVIOUSLY REGISTERED IN MAINE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW YORK, AND VERMONT OR IN THE CANADIAN PROVINCES NEW BRUNSWICK, NEWFOUNDLAND, NOVA SCOTIA, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, ONTARIO, AND QUEBEC MAY DEVELOP A FRACTURED MIDDLE-LEAF SPRING IN THE THREE-LEAF REAR-SUSPENSION SPRING ASSEMBLY, FORWARD OR REARWARD OF THE JOINT TO THE REAR AXLE. THIS CONDITION MAY RESULT IN NOISE, RIDE-HEIGHT DIFFERENCE, CONTACT WITH A REAR TIRE, AND/OR DAMAGE TO OTHER COMPONENTS UNDER THE VEHICLE. VEHICLES WITH THIS CONDITION WILL HAVE REDUCED LOAD-CARRYING CAPACITY. IF THE CONDITION OCCURS WITHIN THE TERM LIMITS, DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE REAR SPRINGS.

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
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 15002007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC SIERRA 15002007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 (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
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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