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Service bulletin PIT5128A

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 id10112690
Published by NHTSA2017-08-15
Manufacturer's numberPIT5128A
Manufacturer's date2012-12-18
NHTSA componentEQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM(GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM)

NHTSA's summary

This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have a compass that's not accurate or slow to update. Technician should check for a magnetic base roof mounted accessory interfering with the compass module.

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 SILVERADO2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
GMC SIERRA2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
GMC SIERRA DENALI2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 (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
20101892010-06-07. 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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