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Service bulletin PIC5511A

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 id10112549
Published by NHTSA2017-08-15
Manufacturer's numberPIC5511A
Manufacturer's date2012-11-06
NHTSA componentSTEERING

NHTSA's summary

This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have a notched feeling, or a steering shudder, during slow steering input at idle with the vehicle stationary. Dealer should 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

Steering

Vehicles listed
CADILLAC CTS2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

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

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