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Service bulletin PIP5021C

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 id10112011
Published by NHTSA2017-08-15
Manufacturer's numberPIP5021C
Manufacturer's date2014-01-21
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

NHTSA's summary

This Preliminary Information communication advises the technician that the Allison 6 Speed Automatic Transmission Assembly (RPO MW7) have been placed on restriction through General Motors Product Quality Center. Dealer will need to contact General Motors Product Quality Center for further assistance.

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

Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission

Vehicles listed
CHEVROLET SILVERADO2013
CHEVROLET SILVERADO2015
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 15002014 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC SIERRA2013
GMC SIERRA2015
GMC SIERRA 15002014 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC SIERRA 25002014 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC SIERRA DENALI2013 (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
14V1520002014-03-31. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES
13V0010002013-01-02. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE

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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