Service bulletin PIT5202

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	10112894
Published by NHTSA	2017-08-15
Manufacturer's number	PIT5202
Manufacturer's date	2013-03-05
NHTSA component	SERVICE BRAKES; POWER TRAIN

NHTSA's summary

This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that are equipped with 6L80 Regular Production Option Code (MYC), 6L90 Regular Production Option Code (MYD) or 8L90 Regular Production Option Code (M5U) Automatic Transmission. Starting with the 2013 model year, Full Size Trucks and Utilities now have Powertrain Grade Braking. Powertrain grade braking assists when driving on a downhill grade to help maintain desired vehicle speed by using the engine and transmission to slow the 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

Brakes, Transmission and driveline

Vehicles listed
CADILLAC ESCALADE	2013
CADILLAC ESCALADE ESV	2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CADILLAC ESCALADE EXT	2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET AVALANCHE	2013
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500	2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 3500	2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SUBURBAN	2013
CHEVROLET TAHOE	2013
GMC SIERRA 2500	2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC SIERRA DENALI	2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC YUKON	2013
GMC YUKON DENALI	2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC YUKON DENALI XL	2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC YUKON XL	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
13V001000	2013-01-02. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE

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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