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Service bulletin PIP5405B

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 id10111703
Published by NHTSA2017-08-15
Manufacturer's numberPIP5405B
Manufacturer's date2016-12-12
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER; EQUIPMENT

NHTSA's summary

This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician the some vehicles may have surge misfire feeling sensation during highway steady state driving in manual mode or automatic, typically in 6th, 7th, 8th gear accelerating 1000 to 2500 rpm under load. This is operating as designed. Torque Converter Clutch slip with condition present, with scan tool technician may monitor plus or minus about 10 rpm at the most, usually lower. This concern is present when the throttle reading 30% to 60%.

The document

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it. NHTSA files a document at one of these two addresses; we have not asked NHTSA which.

Components

Equipment and accessories, Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission, Torque converter

Vehicles listed
CADILLAC CTS2016, 2017
CHEVROLET CAMARO2016, 2017
CHEVROLET CORVETTE2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

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

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