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Service bulletin PIT5208

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 id10113008
Published by NHTSA2017-08-15
Manufacturer's numberPIT5208
Manufacturer's date2013-04-25
NHTSA componentFUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:FUEL GAUGE SYSTEM

NHTSA's summary

This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that after refueling the fuel gauge will show empty. Technician will find Diagnostic Trouble Code P2636. Dealer should question the owner if the key or engine is on while refueling. Dealer should the owner to turn the engine and key off, before refueling 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

Fuel system

Trouble codes named

P2636

Vehicles listed
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 15002007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 25002007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SILVERADO 35002013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
CHEVROLET SUBURBAN2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
GMC SIERRA 25002007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC SIERRA DENALI2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC YUKON DENALI2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC YUKON DENALI XL2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
GMC YUKON XL2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
GMC YUKON XL2012, 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
20175112017-10-20. Fuel System
17V6640002017-10-19. FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:AUXILLARY TANK
20134382013-12-13. Fuel System
13V6150002013-12-11. FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
20091322009-05-07. Fuel System
09V1540002009-05-06. FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

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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