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Service bulletin PIT5447A

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 id10096221
Published by NHTSA2017-03-23
Manufacturer's numberPIT5447A
Manufacturer's date2016-02-12
NHTSA componentEQUIPMENT; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE

NHTSA's summary

THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION PROVIDES INFORMATION TO THE TECHNICIAN ON THE STEPS NEEDED TO DIAGNOSE AND REPAIR VEHICLES THAT MAY HAVE A RATTLE NOISE FROM THE DASH. TECHNICIAN WILL NEED TO INSPECT FOR THE REAR HEATER PIPES CONTACTING THE PASSENGER SIDE EXHAUST MANIFOLD. IF THE REAR HEATER PIPE IS FOUND TO BE CONTACTING THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD, REPOSITION THE HEATER PIPE SO IT NO LONGER MAKES CONTACT.

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

Engine, Equipment and accessories, Exhaust and emissions, Exhaust manifold, pipes and muffler

Vehicles listed
CADILLAC ESCALADE2015, 2016
CADILLAC ESCALADE ESV2015, 2016 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SUBURBAN2015, 2016
CHEVROLET TAHOE2015, 2016
GMC YUKON2015, 2016
GMC YUKON XL2015, 2016

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

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