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Service bulletin PIT5494

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 id10096239
Published by NHTSA2017-03-23
Manufacturer's numberPIT5494
Manufacturer's date2016-02-10
NHTSA componentEQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER

NHTSA's summary

THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION PROVIDES INFORMATION TO THE DEALERSHIPS THAT VEHICLES WITH REAR HEATER-VENT-AIR CONDITIONING INSPECTION AND OPERATION IS PART OF THE PDI.

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, Heating and air conditioning

Vehicles listed
CADILLAC ESCALADE2016
CADILLAC ESCALADE ESV2016 (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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