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Service bulletin PIT3227J

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 id10112034
Published by NHTSA2017-08-15
Manufacturer's numberPIT3227J
Manufacturer's date2014-01-28
NHTSA componentSTRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS; STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE

NHTSA's summary

This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that may have slack in one of the tailgate cables. Technician should not replace any parts for this concern. Please communicate to the customer this condition is a normal operating characteristic of their vehicle.

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

Body and frame

Vehicles listed
CADILLAC ESCALADE EXT2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CADILLAC ESCALADE EXT2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET AVALANCHE2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
CHEVROLET COLORADO2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
CHEVROLET PICKUP1998 to 2000
CHEVROLET S101998 to 2004
CHEVROLET SILVERADO1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
CHEVROLET SILVERADO2015
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 15002014 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 25002014 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SILVERADO CLASSIC2007 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC CANYON2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
GMC PICKUP1998 to 1999
GMC SIERRA1999, 2000
GMC SIERRA2015
GMC SONOMA1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
06V0660002006-03-08. STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
04V1290002004-03-17. STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
03V0370002003-02-06. STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
20010162001-01-29. Structure

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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