# Service bulletin PIT5176A

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: 10112694
- Published by NHTSA: 2017\-08\-15
- Manufacturer's number: PIT5176A
- Manufacturer's date: 2012\-12\-18
- NHTSA component: EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:ANTI\-THEFT DEVICES; LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH; STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD

## NHTSA's summary

This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that may have an intermittent "Hood Open" message displayed on the Driver Information Center, intermittent theft deterrent alarm or horn activation, and intermittent remote vehicle start event. Technician will need to replace the hood latch assembly if the vehicle is built before 09/06/2012.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2012/MC-10112694-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2012/MC-10112694-0001.pdf)

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it.

## Components

Body and frame, Equipment and accessories, Latches and locks, Hood latch

## Vehicles listed

- 2013 CHEVROLET EQUINOX
- 2013 GMC TERRAIN

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [PI\-1043D](/bulletins/10190340.md), 2021-04-16, Service bulletin: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH; STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD. Information on Opening Hood When Hood Primary Latch Release Cable is Inoperative Some customers or dealer personnel may comment that the inside hood release cable is not functioning and they are unable to open the hood.
- [PI1043D](/bulletins/10134596.md), 2018-04-23, Service bulletin: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH. This preliminary informational bulletin adds the 2017 model year to information to correct a customer concern on opening hood when hood primary latch release cable is inoperative.
- [PI1043B](/bulletins/10113575.md), 2017-08-15, Service bulletin: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH. This preliminary informational bulletin adds the 2015 model year to information to correct a customer concern on opening hood when hood primary latch release cable is inoperative.
- [PI1043](/bulletins/10113504.md), 2017-08-15, Service bulletin: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH; STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD. This preliminary information bulletin provides information on opening the hood when the primary latch release cable is inoperative.

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