# Service bulletin PIP5248

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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10095189
- Published by NHTSA: 2017\-03\-15
- Manufacturer's number: PIP5248
- Manufacturer's date: 2015\-01\-15
- NHTSA component: EQUIPMENT; POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION

## NHTSA's summary

THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION PROVIDES INFORMATION TO THE TECHNICIAN ON THE STEPS NEED TO DIAGNOSE AND REPAIR VEHICLES THAT MAY HAVE STALLING SHUDDER AND/OR HARD SHIFTING INTO 1ST GEAR OR REVERSE VIBRATION ON LAUNCH \(WITH EXCESSIVE CRANKSHAFT END PLAY\). TECHNICIAN WILL TEST TO DETERMINE IF THE CRANK SHAFT END PLAY IS WITHIN SPECIFICATION 0.0015–0.0086\&\#8201;INCH. IF END PLAY IS FOUND TO BE OUT OF SPECIFICATION, REMOVE ENGINE AND INSPECT FOR POSSIBLE CRANKSHAFT THRUST BEARING AND/OR CRANKSHAFT FOR WEAR. INSPECT THRUST BEARING FOR WEAR ON ONE SIDE AND CRANKSHAFT ON THAT “MATING” SURFACE. IF THE THRUST BEARING HAS THREE VERTICAL CHANNELS WORN OFF REPLACE CONNECTING ROD BEARINGS, MAIN BEARINGS, THRUST BEARING AND CRANKSHAFT. THE OIL TANK WITH LINES AND OIL COOLER ARE BOTH REQUIRED TO BE REPLACED IF EQUIPPED.

## 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

Equipment and accessories, Transmission and driveline, Manual transmission

## Vehicles listed

- 2014 to 2015 CHEVROLET CORVETTE

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [PIE0302A](/bulletins/10253132.md), 2024-04-15, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. Engineering Information
- [PIE0302](/bulletins/10253131.md), 2024-04-15, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. Engineering Information
- [PI1276C](/bulletins/10201127.md), 2021-09-07, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT; POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION:INTERNAL:GEARS. Difficult to shift into Gear, Intermittent Gear Pop Out and/or Mushy shifts \(no grind\)
- [990420002L](/bulletins/10200154.md), 2021-08-09, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; EQUIPMENT. This service bulletin provides information on Driveline Clunk Noise and what is acceptable and what is considered normal operation.
- [PI1489A](/bulletins/10190567.md), 2021-04-26, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:ENGINE CONTROL MODULE \(ECU/ECM\). Malfunction Indicator Lamp \(MIL\) Illuminated, Intermittently Unable to Shift into Reverse, DTC P0502 Set Condition/Concern Some customers may comment on a malfunction indicator lamp \(MIL\) illuminated. They may also comment that they intermittently are unable to shift into Reverse. When checking the vehicle for DTCs, the engine control module \(ECM\) may report P0502 as current or in history. This may be caused by water intrusion into the vehicle’s manual transmission output speed sensor or could be induced by the customer slipping the clutch for an extended period of time, as in holding the vehicle on a hill.
- [030729004L](/bulletins/10160133.md), 2019-05-20, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION; EQUIPMENT. This informational bulletin provides normal operating characteristics and diagnostic information on Manual transmissions.
- [14\-07\-30\-001E](/bulletins/10138143.md), 2018-05-21, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT; POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. This informational bulletin provides technicians with information to assist in identifying operating characteristics of manual transmissions that repair attempts will not change.
- [03\-07\-29\-004J](/bulletins/10138130.md), 2018-05-21, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. This informational bulletin provides technicians with information to assist in identifying operating characteristics of manual transmissions that repair attempts will not change.
- [PIP5375E](/bulletins/10137741.md), 2018-05-21, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. This Preliminary Information communication advises the technician that the rear wheel drive manual transmission restriction has ended.
- [PI1367](/bulletins/10126209.md), 2017-12-22, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. This preliminary bulletin provides a procedure to inspect and/or repair the manual transmission to correct the customers concern of the trans wont stay in 7th when shifted from 6th gear.

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