# Service bulletin PIP5069

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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10112487
- Published by NHTSA: 2017\-08\-15
- Manufacturer's number: PIP5069
- Manufacturer's date: 2012\-10\-17
- NHTSA component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

## NHTSA's summary

This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have a lack of power on initial acceleration from a stop when the ambient temperature is approximately 103 Fahrenheit or greater and may include engine detonation or pre\-ignition type events as temperatures approach 120 Fahrenheit. Technician will need to perform published Service Information diagnosis first. If Service Information diagnosis does not isolate the cause of this concern, take a Tech 2 snapshot of the concern happening and note the Spark Parameter in the Ignition Data List. If it drops near/below 0 degrees during the concern, check if there is a cylinder that shows any knock. If there is a knock in any cylinder perform a top engine clean. If the concern is still present, then switching to premium fuel \(91 octane or higher\) with detergents \(Top tier fuel\) when ambient temperatures exceed 110 Fahrenheit degrees, this should provide a slight improvement in engine performance when ambient temperatures are high especially as temperatures approach 120 Fahrenheit degrees.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2012/MC-10112487-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2012/MC-10112487-0001.pdf)

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## Components

Electrical system, Engine

## Vehicles listed

- 2010 to 2013 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE
- 2010 to 2013 CHEVROLET SILVERADO
- 2010 to 2013 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN
- 2010 to 2013 CHEVROLET TAHOE
- 2010 to 2013 GMC SIERRA
- 2010 to 2013 GMC SIERRA DENALI
- 2010 to 2013 GMC YUKON
- 2010 to 2013 GMC YUKON DENALI
- 2010 to 2013 GMC YUKON DENALI XL
- 2010 to 2011 GMC YUKON XL
- 2012 to 2013 GMC YUKON XL

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [16V868000](/recalls/nhtsa/16V868000.md), 2016-12-02: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN
- [2016597](/recalls/tc/2016597.md), 2016-11-29: Electrical
- [2015002](/recalls/tc/2015002.md), 2014-12-30: Electrical
- [14V827000](/recalls/nhtsa/14V827000.md), 2014-12-30: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
- [2014432](/recalls/tc/2014432.md), 2014-10-03: Electrical
- [14V614000](/recalls/nhtsa/14V614000.md), 2014-10-01: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- [2014277](/recalls/tc/2014277.md), 2014-07-03: Electrical
- [14V407000](/recalls/nhtsa/14V407000.md), 2014-07-02: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

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- [22\-NA\-074](/bulletins/11014233.md), 2025-02-12, Service bulletin: ENGINE. This service bulletin provides service information to technicians on guidelines to replace Oil Cooler, Oil Cooler Lines and Oil Tank if the engine was replaced where large amounts of debris has flowed throughout the oiling system.
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