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Service bulletin PIT5238A

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 id10111906
Published by NHTSA2017-08-15
Manufacturer's numberPIT5238A
Manufacturer's date2014-02-06
NHTSA componentEQUIPMENT

NHTSA's summary

This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about installing GM Accessory Chrome Tow Hooks. Technician will need to remove the grill and grille on GMC vehicles and Chevrolet built in Ft. Wayne, 11th Vehicle Identification Number Position (Z). For Chevrolet built in Silao, 11th Vehicle Identification Number Position (G) do not remove the driver's side bolt, loosen the tow hook bolt and then cut the head off of the bolt. The new tow hooks come with new bolts. Install the bolt from the opposite direction.

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

Vehicles listed
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 15002014 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC SIERRA 15002014 (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
18V2670002018-04-26. EQUIPMENT
13V5440002015-10-30. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
14V3450002014-06-18. EQUIPMENT; VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
20142162014-06-06. Accessories

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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