Service bulletin PIP4138L

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)
Type	Service bulletin
NHTSA id	10112697
Published by NHTSA	2017-08-15
Manufacturer's number	PIP4138L
Manufacturer's date	2012-12-27
NHTSA component	EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL; POWER TRAIN

NHTSA's summary

This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have a Service Engine Soon Malfunction Indicator Lamp on, engine misfire, and/or engine noise. Technician may find Diagnostic Trouble Codes P0300-P0308. If published Service Information diagnostics does not isolate the cause of this concern technician should check for a worn camshaft lobe and/or lifter roller, a sticking valve, valve leakage, a broken valve spring, and a collapsed active fuel management lifter.

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, Transmission and driveline

Trouble codes named

P0300, P0308

Vehicles listed
BUICK LACROSSE	2008, 2009
BUICK RAINIER	2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
CADILLAC CTS	2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
CADILLAC ESCALADE	2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
CADILLAC ESCALADE ESV	2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CADILLAC ESCALADE EXT	2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET AVALANCHE	2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
CHEVROLET CAMARO	2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
CHEVROLET CAPRICE	2011
CHEVROLET CAPRICE POLICE PURSUIT	2012 to 2013
CHEVROLET COLORADO	2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
CHEVROLET CORVETTE	2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
CHEVROLET EXPRESS	1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
CHEVROLET IMPALA	2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO	2006, 2007
CHEVROLET PICKUP	2000
CHEVROLET SILVERADO	1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
CHEVROLET SSR	2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
CHEVROLET SUBURBAN	1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
CHEVROLET TAHOE	1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER	2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
GMC CANYON	2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
GMC ENVOY	2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
GMC ENVOY XL	2006 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC ENVOY XUV	2004, 2005 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC SAVANA	1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
GMC SIERRA	1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
GMC SIERRA DENALI	2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC YUKON	1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
GMC YUKON DENALI	2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC YUKON DENALI XL	2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC YUKON XL	2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
GMC YUKON XL	2012, 2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
HUMMER H2	2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
HUMMER H3	2008, 2009, 2010
PONTIAC G8	2008, 2009, 2010
PONTIAC GRAND PRIX	2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
PONTIAC GTO	2005, 2006
SAAB 9-7X	2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
2018212	2018-04-27. Accessories
18V267000	2018-04-26. EQUIPMENT
13V544000	2015-10-30. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
14V706000	2014-11-05. EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY
14V341000	2014-06-19. AIR BAGS; POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT
13V463000	2013-09-26. EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
13V001000	2013-01-02. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
12V169000	2012-04-17. EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY
11V337000	2011-06-28. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL)
10V414000	2010-09-13. EQUIPMENT

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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